by Dr. Shapira | Sep 7, 2017 | Blog, TMJ
A new article in the Journal of Oral Rehabilitation looks at wide spread body pain particularly musculoskeletal pain and joints. In a study with 337 participants it was found that those patients with TMD disorders were 5.5 times more likely to present with other areas...
by Dr. Shapira | Sep 6, 2017 | Blog, TMJ
A new article published in June looks at Sphenopalatine Ganglion (SPG) Blocks as a treatment of choice for headache management. This treatment will apply to Hemicrania continua; Migraine headache; Paroxysmal hemicrania; Sphenopalatine ganglion block; Trigeminal...
by Dr. Shapira | Sep 5, 2017 | Blog, TMJ
This is a new study discussing postural Stability and Myogenous TMD Patients. The conclusions shows that patients with myogenous TMD have less postural stbility. This has long been known to many coaches where oral appliances improve performancwe in most sports...
by Dr. Shapira | Sep 3, 2017 | Blog, TMJ
There are over 100 patient video testimonials on my youtube channel for Lake Forest / Highland Park patients to view prior to visiting my new Highland Park office. View Videos below: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk9Bfz6pklC7_UluWFHzLrg/videos I am the Immediate...
by Dr. Shapira | Sep 1, 2017 | Blog, TMJ
The majority of all headaches are partially or completely caused by or aggravated by myofascial trigger points in the head and neck region. The best doctors to do trigger point injections are usually dentists trained in treating TMJ disorders. These trigger points can...
by Dr. Shapira | Aug 13, 2017 | Always tired cause by lack of sleep, Blog, Blog migraine, Causes of TMJ, Clicking & Popping, Diagnosis of TMJ, SPG Block Anxiety, SPG Block Cluster Headache, SPG Block Migraine, SPG blocks, Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks, TMJ, TMJ - General, TMJ affects your posture, TMJ ARTHRITIS, TMJ Chicago, TMJ CREPITUS, TMJ Neck & Back Pain, TMJ Specialist, Treatment of TMJ, Trigeminal Nerve, Trigeminal Nervous System, Trigeminal Vascular System, Unsorted
The number of abbreviations in medicine and dentistry is amazing. In this short post I am going to give only a small number of definitions routinely utilized in literature and culture concerning TMJ disorders, often called “the Geat Imposter” This will...
