by Dr. Shapira | Sep 26, 2017 | Blog
A new article in Inside Dentistry (reference below) reveals research that 50% of patients with TMJ disorders (TMDs) the initial onset was a result of Dental Care. These problems may occur due to direct trauma to the jaw muscles or joints, sustained contractions of jaw...
by Dr. Shapira | Sep 14, 2017 | Blog, Chicago, Chronic Daily Headache, Clicking & Popping, Cluster Headache, GURNEE OROFACIAL PAIN, Headaches and Migraines, SPG Block Anxiety, SPG Block Cluster Headache, SPG Block Migraine, SPG blocks, Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks, TMJ affects your posture, TMJ ARTHRITIS, TMJ Causes Stress, TMJ Chicago, TMJ Dentist, TMJ Migraines, TMJ Neck & Back Pain, TMJ Numbness in Arms & Fingers
Living day to day with severe or chronic pain can be agonizing to your spirit, your family and your life. There is hope for patients with chronic head, neck, face and back pain. Millions are disabled with chronic pain. It i estimated that 100 million Americans have...
by Dr. Shapira | Sep 1, 2017 | Blog, SPG Block, SPG blocks
Chronic Facial Pain and Trigeminal Neuralgia are serious problems that rarely respond well to medication. Facial Pain and Trigeminal Neuralgia respond especially well to Neuromuscular Dentistry because the Myomonitor, the ULF-TENS invented by Dr Barney Jankelson not...
by Dr. Shapira | Apr 20, 2017 | Blog
SPG Blocks lecture in Buenos Aires from Ira Shapira 1. ICCMO THE INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF CRANIOMANDIBULAR ORTHOPEDICS BUENOS AIRES MARCH 2017 • SPHENOPALATINE GANGLION BLOCKS • Ira L Shapira DDS, FICCMO, D,ABDSM, D,AAPM 2. Sphenopalatine Ganglion Pterygopalatine...
by Dr. Shapira | Feb 17, 2016 | TMJ Chicago
When patients have chronic headache or facial pain that doesn’t fit any other category it is often diagnosed as Atypical Facial Pain. Other terms used for this include Atypical facial neuralgia, Trigeminal Neuralgia or tic douloureux, atypical trigeminal...
