Why do our knees and elbows and hands get arthritis but not our jaws?I always hear about knee elbow and wrist arthritis but I almost never hear of it in the jaw. It is a joint and it is used a lot. Why doesn't this joint get arthritis?
- kellkell
My mom actually has a bit of it in her jaw. It's just less common, I guess.
- Britney
Wow, I never even thought of that.. maybe because it doesn't have to carry any weight?
- greydoc6
Actually, in the severest forms of juvenile (rheumatoid) arthritis, the jaw is involved. The Temporomandibular joints can develop limited range of motion, and the growth plates can be affected so that the mandible becomes hypoplastic as the patient grows.
- GaryR
Wow! I have been suffering from severe advanced Osteo Arthritis for several years now, and can't bend over to tie my shoe laces, or move around without extreme pain. I can't imagine what I would do if it ever moved into my jaw! Something new to worry about tonight. Thanks.
- white_bread86
arthritis affects mainly joints that bear a lot of weight (not just heavy things, but also your upper body). The knees, hips and hands are joints that especially bear weight (or lift heavy things, as in the case of hands).
The jaw is used a lot, but isn't used to lift heavy things (unless your one of those guys that can lift stuff with your teeth lol), so that's why it doesn't eventually get arthritis.
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