Possibly: Possibly TMJ pain or disfunction from an acquired, yet unnatural forward position for your TMJ to be positioned in. By keeping your jaw forward, you also adversely affect the facial musculature. Tmj problems may not be present as you are only 22 years old, but as you get older, you have less lubrication in your joints and your adaptive ability is greatly reduced ; then problems become evident.
Answered 8/2/2015
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Yes it can: By bushing the lower jaw foreword you are taking the ball of the remus of the mandible out of the socket in the base of the skull, stretching the ligaments that tie both together and wearing down the cartiledge disc between the ball and the socket. It's normal when it happens once in a while but doing it as a habit well defiantly damage the desc and ligaments resulting in TMJ problems.
Answered 8/2/2015
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Condyle resorption: A number of local and systemic pathologies or diseases can cause mandibular condylar resorption. Local factors include osteoarthritis, reactive arthritis, avascular necrosis, infection, and traumatic injuries. There are also systemic connective tissue or autoimmune diseases where this occurs. It is unlikely that protruding the mandible would be the primary cause of the resorption.
Answered 12/21/2016
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Possibly: The mandible being in a forward position can often create tmj/tmd symptoms. I would see a specialist.
Answered 8/2/2015
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Yes: Abnormal jaw habits con contribute to TMJ problems. And condylar resporption can occur secondary to disk malposition.
Answered 3/17/2015
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