“Does your oral health affect your ear health?”
I am a 24 year old female. I want to know does your oral health affect your ear health?
11 Answers
Yes, the ear drains in the back of the nose and the eustachian tube opens when you bite and swallow. The jaw bone can also displace backwards into the ears.
Yes, in some cases.
No
Oral health can affect everything else in your body and ears yes.
Certainly infections that originate in the mouth, whether from teeth or gums, can affect the tissues surrounding the mouth such as the ears. Also, TMJ dysfunction can also affect the ears and cause pain. It's important to remember that our entire body is connected and so one area that is inflamed or in dysfunction will have ramifications on many other areas of the body as well.
Overall oral health does impact your systemic health and well being. Sometimes infections in the wisdom teeth area and indirect damage to TMJ may or can cause some impact on temporary hearing or secondary infection depending on how extensive infection is.
Best,
Best,
Yes and no.... TMJ issues may cause ringing in your ears or tinnitus. But if you are asking about ear infections, then no, that's not related to your dental health. If you suffer with chronic ear problems, then it's best to see an ENT doctor first. If the ENT rules out anything in her area of specialty care that could be causing your issues then see your dentist.
When you have cavities on the upper or lower molar, and if the cavities are big enough. The pulp of the tooth will become a condition called irreversible pulpitis. Basically, it will hurt you and will affect your ear.
Hope this helps!
Hope this helps!
Not in terms of infection; though you can get ear pain in connection with facial muscle spasm or TM joint dysfunction.
Dr. Rosenstein
Dr. Rosenstein
Generally speaking, oral health and ear health are not closely tied together. The nose and mouth have a connecting tube called the pharynx which leads to the esophagus and then the stomach. The ear does not connect to the mouth the same way. However, poor oral health can lead to system issues such because the bacteria in the mouth can go into the stomach and subsequently, circulate in our entire system. It's best to keep each area healthy, even if they are not directly tied to one another like the nose and the mouth are.
Poor oral health can potentially affect the structures of the ear, but the secondary effects of poor oral health have been looked at more in regards to heart health.
