Also, this type of impact either with a steering wheel or with a full-frontal impact of the airbag deployment can cause a condition called temporomandibular joint syndrome. Now let's talk a minute about what that is. Temporomandibular joint syndrome is an irregularity or inflammation or an injury to your temporomandibular joint.
I know what you're doing and you're thinking to yourself, John Michal Bailey, you didn't you didn't tell me anything. You're just spitting words back at me. Well, the temporomandibular joint is the hinge from which your jaw operates. It is the most used joint in the body. Think of how many times you open and close your mouth whether you're speaking or not. You use this joint when you yawn, eat, breathe, and smile. This is an extremely hard area of the body to heal. In fact, very few people ever recover from temporomandibular joint syndrome. And this is where you get the clicking in the jaw and a lot of times headaches that seem to start immediately in front of your ears and then radiate throughout the rest of your head. These are generally caused by temporomandibular joint injuries.
Seatbelt Injuries the driver’s torso would be abruptly restrained by the seatbelt, which could cause chest contusions or rib fractures.
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