had the same, i just chewed really hard food on my other side, also mark as whit the check mark on the right!
Could be muscle difference or since 2 years have past u definitely grew different bone volume on either side so for that it’ll need surgery
Why would chewing on one side give him more bone volume? Chewing just engages osteoblast activity for maintenance of bone mineral density not volume or periosteal appositioning.
According to frost mechano theory when bone experiences mechanical strain that goes way past its normal threshold/daily, like before he was chewing on both sides and then suddenly he does one side only for 2 years so the cellular environment shifts from simple maintenance to active skeletal modeling which means building new bone structure
DNR, provide studyAccording to frost mechano theory when bone experiences mechanical strain that goes way past its normal threshold/daily, like before he was chewing on both sides and then suddenly he does one side only for 2 years so the cellular environment shifts from simple maintenance to active skeletal modeling which means building new bone structure
The masseter muscle on your strong side has become heavily trained I think this also means hypertrophied I forgot its exact word every time he chews that massive muscle pulls with intense force on the periosteum this heavy pulling creates hard strain that actually does trigger localized periosteal apposition right where the muscle attaches to the bone at the gonial angle the outer cortical bone shell on that active side physically thickened and added volume to adapt to the heavy workload while the unused side experienced minor resorption and/or bone loss
This why he has tmj shi and cuz he said he was 17 bone changing is definitely possible unless he was like 22+ yeah I agree that it’s only muscle but 17 for some people is peak lower jaw changing since test phase peaks here
When you chew the joint on the opposite side usually acts as the primary like stabilizer and absorbs a massive amount of stabilizing force and because he js kept spam chewing and ignoring the other side his stronger side has been doing 100% of the work, the condyle which is the rounded bone of your jaw joint, on that side has been like held to uneven and heavy loading for two years prob mmakinh him grow some bone difference
