There are 3 main ligaments that attached to the jaw, and they are Sphenomandibular ligament, Lateral ligament and the Stylomandibular ligament. A jaw ligaments injury usually occurs when the ligaments (tissue connected from bone to bone) in the jaw are stretched more than their normal range and this creates tears in the ligament fibres. The severity of the sprain varies from mild to being completely torn (this is rare).
The jaw joint also known as temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a hinge joint and is made up of the bone called the condyle, the disk that is in between the condyle and the cranium (skull). The joint is located approximately…
