TMJ Arthroscopy in Gurugram | Dr. Supreet
TMJ arthroscopy lets the surgeon inspect a jaw joint using a small camera through an opening in front of the ear. Treatment inside the joint may accompany inspection, but the steps depend on the findings rather than a fixed operation for everyone.
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TMJ means temporomandibular joint, the jaw joint. Dr. Supreet provides arthroscopy for appropriately selected joint problems, with assessment and an individual discussion of the purpose, alternatives and risks.
Decide what the joint procedure is meant to achieve
Temporomandibular disorders, or TMD, include joint, chewing-muscle and associated headache disorders. Assessment uses your history and examination, imaging when indicated, and consideration of other facial-pain causes. Painless clicking usually needs no treatment; pain, locking or limited movement changes the assessment.
Many symptoms settle without treatment, so reversible options are generally considered before invasive care. Physiotherapy, symptom management and selected appliances may be discussed; this does not prove that a splint relieves jaw-disorder pain.
Camera inspection and findings-led treatment
Needle arthrocentesis is joint washout with fluid entering and leaving through needles. Arthroscopy adds camera inspection through a small skin opening; additional needles may be used for washout, and any further operative steps depend on the joint findings. Not everyone receives the same treatment of the disc (which sits between the two bones inside the jaw joint) or washout. This page concerns camera arthroscopy rather than an open-joint operation.
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BAOMS describes arthroscopy usually under general anaesthesia, meaning you are asleep. Expected benefit depends on the joint problem and whether the purpose is inspection, washout or further operative treatment. Improvement is not guaranteed, and symptoms may recur or the joint problem may progress. Individual assessment is more useful than a general success percentage.
Risks to discuss
Pain, swelling, bruising, bleeding, infection and temporary stiffness are possible. Facial numbness, weakness from effects on a facial nerve, or ear changes are less common and may rarely persist. Discuss your personal risk for the planned procedure with the surgeon.
Recovery and when to contact the team
Many patients go home the same day in the cited BAOMS pathway, although an overnight stay may be needed. The treating team sets discharge and anaesthesia precautions, any soft-food period and mouth-opening exercise instructions. Diet duration and exercise timing are individual.
After arthroscopy, increasing painful swelling with fever, swelling continuing beyond the expected early period, or other concerning symptoms warrants prompt contact with the treating maxillofacial team. Seek urgent care if you are significantly worse or unwell. Follow local team and emergency routes rather than a fixed day-count rule.
Separately, inability to eat or drink, or jaw pain with visual symptoms or a severe headache, needs urgent assessment. These symptoms may have a serious cause other than a jaw disorder.
Read TMJ assessment and options, conservative care and selected splint care before discussing the next step.
Discuss your options in Gurugram
Dr. Supreet Kaur Sawhney, MDS, Senior Consultant – Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon and Senior Implantologist, brings 20+ years of experience to assessment and individual treatment planning. Consult at Dr. Supreet's Dental & Implant Centre, 395 P, Sector 39, near Medanta Hospital, Gurugram (Gurgaon), Haryana 122001. Request a consultation, call +91 9650298009, or view the Sector 39 clinic.
