when a person jaw locks up

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what is lockjaw



Reply from nicomarm User Rating:  1380 Knowledge Tokens
Tetanus ( Lockjaw ) is described here.
http://www.medicinenet.com/tetanus/article.htm

However ,there are other diseases that affect and "lock " the jaws such as TMJ
or other joint or bone or muscle problems in the jaws. For TMJ look at:
http://health.yahoo.com/topic/musculoskeletal/overview/article/healthwise/hw209472
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