The mental well-being of the candidate plays a vital role in staying fit and fine. But the toothache caused by TMJ even affects the patient's mental health. Due to the effort required to monitor their pain, people with TMJ have more difficulty concentrating on tasks. In research with 17 TMJ patients and 17 healthy controls who were matched for age, TMJ patients fared worse on cognitive tests. Brain scans revealed that their brains responded to the activities differently and performed slower on a series of cognitive tests. There appeared to be a more significant emotional response to neutral tasks; they had to exert more effort to stay focused and spend more time planning and executing their motions. Brain regions that ordinarily cooperate on studies of this nature were fractured. The cognitive demands of chronic pain are thought to cause these consequences. Constant discomfort uses up a lot of your mental energy, leaving you with less to do the other things you need to perform. In addition, memory issues are frequently experienced by TMJ patients. Short-term memory can suffer from chronic discomfort.