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What Causes Pain In Right Jaw While Chewing?

I had pain in my right jaw when I was trying to open it to eat supper. This has just started and even though I chewed on my left side, it still hurts but not as bad as when I was initially trying to open it. This is brand new, it was not hurting earlier today, Yesterday, my right molar was tender once, when I tried to bit down on it, but it went away and has not returned.
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You may be having a dental decay in your right molar which would have persisted long to cause such a pain. Usually such pain arises when the infection spreads below the roots and thus in that case pain can be manifested both while biting and also on opening of the jaw. Instead of trying to chew from the other side i would suggest you to get the problem on the right side corrected by visiting a dentist because ignorance in case even if your pain subsides would only lead to further problems such as gum infections, bad breath etc.
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What Causes Pain In Right Jaw While Chewing?

You may be having a dental decay in your right molar which would have persisted long to cause such a pain. Usually such pain arises when the infection spreads below the roots and thus in that case pain can be manifested both while biting and also on opening of the jaw. Instead of trying to chew from the other side i would suggest you to get the problem on the right side corrected by visiting a dentist because ignorance in case even if your pain subsides would only lead to further problems such as gum infections, bad breath etc.