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...
by Dr. Shapira | Mar 24, 2016 | TMJ Chicago
There is no specialty of Dental Sleep Medicine but there is a Dilplomate status from the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine. I am a Diplomate, of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine as long or longer than any other dentists anywhere in the Chicago area or...
by Dr. Shapira | Mar 24, 2016 | Always tired cause by lack of sleep, Barrington, Blog, Breathing Sleeping Problems, Kenilworth, Lack of Sleep, Lincolnshire, Northbrook, Northfield, Schaumburg, Sleep, Sleep Apnea and Sleep Disorders, Sleep Apnea Effects & Symptoms, Sleep Apnea Specialist, Sleep Apnea Treatment, Sleep Disorder Causes, Sleep Disorder Treatment, TMJ Chicago
A Sleep Apnea Dentist is specially trained to treat snoring and sleep apnea with intra-oral appliance. There is no current specialty in the practive of Dental Sleep Medicine but the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine grants Diplomate Statues on dentists who have...
