[Citygirl]

I have daily pain on the right side of my head-in front of my ear, my temple area, my right eye and the right side of my neck. I have bruxism where I grind my teeth at night (my molars are ground down pretty short). In addition, my far back molar on the right side collapsed in height after a root canal. I was wondering can TMJ cause stabbing severe pain in the areas mentioned above similar to migraine symptoms? The pain seems most severe in my temple area.

[mistify]

Absolutely...over use of the temporalis muscle can cause this. This muscle is responsible for elevating the mandible (as in clenching teeth) and extends from the side of the head (temple area )to the mandible.