Looking for an Oral Appliance to Treat Sleep Apnea? Find a Dentist with Expertise in Treating TMJ!

June 9, 2010 - PRLog -- Looking to treat snoring and Sleep apnea with an oral appliance?  You may do well to check out the parameters of care of the AASM and then find a dentist who has expertise in treating not just snoring and sleep apnea but also TMJ  disorders.  The National Heart Lung and Blood Institue considers Sleep Apnea to be a TMJ disorder.

Read the report "CARDIOVASCULAR AND SLEEP RELATED COSEQUENCES OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR DISORDERS" @ http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/meetings/workshops/tmj_wksp.pdf

An excellent place to learn about Dental Sleep Medicine and Oral Appliances is the website http://www.ihatecpap.com.  Dr Ira L Shapira, a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine created it to help patients learn more about the dangers of sleep apnea and alternative treatment options.  CPAP is a superb treatment but unfortunately 60% of patients do not tolerate it.  Oral appliances offer a comfortable alternative to patients who  "HATE CPAP".

The website http://www.ihateheadaches.org offers information on neuromuscular treatment of headaches and TMJ disorders.  

Dr Shapira provides treatment of Sleep Apnea, Snoring and TMJ disorders in the Chicagoland area.  

Call today to begin a better quality of life.

1-800-TM-Joint  or 1-8-NO-PAP-MASK

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I HATE CPAP! LLC provides information on Sleep Apnea, Dental Sleep Medicine and alternative to CPAP for patients who are CPAP intolerant. The website http://www.ihatecpap.com has valuable information on treating sleep apnea utilizing oral appliances.