by Dr. Shapira | Dec 20, 2023 | Blog, Chicago, TMJ, TMJ Chicago
TMJ Chicago: Severe Disabling Pain to Pain Free, Long-Term Gold Orthotic after 35 years of TMD Sherri explains how she had intense pain 1 1/2 years ago where she could hardly eat and the pain shot into her jaw and her ear. Finally, I had enough of the pain and...
by Dr. Shapira | Apr 29, 2019 | Blog migraine, Chicago, Chronic Daily Headache, Cluster Headache, Dentist Chicago, Headaches and Migraines, Migraine, SPG, SPG Block, SPG Block Anxiety, SPG Block Cluster Headache, SPG Block Migraine, Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks, TMJ, TMJ - General, TMJ Migraines, TMJ Pain |
Dealing with headaches can easily be one of the worst experiences you may have to go through. For some people, the frequency of headaches is enough to disrupt their lives on a daily basis. People who consistently suffer from chronic head pain are concerned with how to...
by Dr. Shapira | Jul 7, 2018 | Chicago, Highland Park, Lake Forest, Sleep, TMJ, TMJ Chicago |
There is no specialty for TMJ disorders (TMD), Neuromuscular Dentistry, Orofacial Pain, Implant Dentistry, Epigenetic Orthopedics, Airway Dentistry, Dental Sleep Medicine and several other complex areas of dentistry. There are many extremely well trained dentists...
by Dr. Shapira | Jul 1, 2018 | Chicago, Libertyville, TMJ
Idiopathic Pain essentially means “The Doctors are Idiots in determining the cause of your pain”. This can be extremely discouraging as a patients. Sometimes problems are diagnosed as idiopathic because the doctor is not familiar with the disorder you...
by Dr. Shapira | Jul 1, 2018 | Blog, Chicago, Highland Park, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Libertyville, TMJ, TMJ Chicago
Chronic Sinus Headache and other Sinus Pains are closely related to TMJ Disorders. The connections between these problems is multifacted. The Trigeminal Nerve also called the Dentist’s Nerve is the underlying common source of all of these problems. Dentists are...
by Dr. Shapira | Jun 29, 2018 | Chicago, Highland Park, TMJ, TMJ Chicago
This new article in Cranio (abstract below) discusses use of SPG Blocks in treating Facial Pain of Nasal Origin. I teach patients to self administer these block for many types of headache and facial pain. This specific case was due to a nasal contact headache where...
