by Dr. Shapira | Apr 5, 2016 | Blog, TMJ, TMJ Chicago |
Dental Treatment appears to be a major Risk Factor for Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo according to a new article (abstract below). The statistical connection is not yet shown to be a cause and effect relationship but there is a major correlation. The study...
by Dr. Shapira | Apr 1, 2016 | TMJ Chicago
The American Academy for Sleep Medicine has recommended that doctors who treat sleep apnea with oral appliances should have expertise in treating TMJ Disorders. I believe Physiologic Dentists are extremely well qualified to treat both sleep apnea and sleep apnea....
by Dr. Shapira | Apr 1, 2016 | TMJ Chicago
THE FOLLOWING IS A REPRINT ON MY COMMENT ON REDDIT TMJ SITE A new article “Subjective Sleep Quality Deteriorates Before Development of Painful Temporomandibular Disorder” (see link below) Found Sleep is primary predictor of development of TMD. “Sleep...
by Dr. Shapira | Mar 25, 2016 | TMJ Chicago
I am frequently asked how I became so involved in treating chronic pain, headaches, migraines and sleep disorders as a dentist. This is a short personal history of this journey into pain management. Improving the lives of my patients has always been at the core of my...
by Dr. Shapira | Mar 25, 2016 | Blog, Breathing Sleeping Problems, Causes of TMJ, Chronic Daily Headache, Cluster Headache, Headaches and Migraines, Physiologic Dentistry, TMJ, TMJ Chicago, TMJ Pain and Sleep
A new article (PubMed Abstract below) in the Journal of Oral Facial Pain and Headache reports that chronic fatigue and Migraine are more common in patients with myofascial TMD problems. This is good news for patients because Physiologic Dentistry is extremely...
