I have TMJ but my case was so bad that I had surgery done on the left side of my jaw and was supposed to do the right side but chickened out of the surgery after what I went through with the first one.

My surgery consisted of an incision about 2 inches long and follows the edge of the ear and the jaw. I had so much damage inside that they had to inplant teflon into the joint sections to provide a cushion. I was the worse case that my doctor had ever seen.

It was worth all the pain and eating of soft foods because the headaches that I used to get...I never get anymore. I also don't grind my teeth as much because the teflon implant provides enough of a buffer so I don't grind my teeth.

I look back now and wish I had gone through with the second surgery but I was 16 when I had the first one and I got too scared to go through with the other one. If I could go back and change that I would.