Sleep and Health Journal

The early prophylactic removal of developing third molars common called wisdom teeth can avoid future surgical problems and expenses. The developing tooth bud can supply valuable pluripotent stem cells that may be used to treat diabetes, liver disease or for anti-aging or regenerative medicine.

The trigeminal nerve is almost universally implicated in all headaches and migraines whether they are vascular, muscular or hormonal in origin. Diagnostic evaluation and treatment of headaches utilizing a Diagnostic Neuromuscular Orthotic can lead to life changing results.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:NOVEMBER 27, 2011
The majority of all headaches and migraines are secondary or related to trigeminal nervous function. Neuromuscular treatment combined with posturology, trigger point injections and Sphenopalatine Ganglion blocks can give life-changing results.

Anti-Aging Dentistry is a field I am proud to have been one of the first dentists in the world to recognize and to spread the word to the medical community. I first started talking about Anti-Aging Dentistry in the mid 1990's when I was lecturing to the physicians at the A4M meetings, American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine.

I am very please to reprint a recent press about my office. I want to thank all of my patients who have made this possibe.

Dr Ira L Shapira

Dental Office Receives Top Award: Talk of the Town Awarded Delany Dental Care Their Top Honor of 5 Stars! Top Award is Only Given to a Small Select Group of Highly Rated Dental Practices

I just received this e-mail (see below) from Prabu the president of IACA, the International Association of Comprehensive Aesthetics. I am also an ICCMO representative to the TMD Alliance, The Organization of TMD organizations. Prabu is also one of the top practitioners in the world utilizing Neuromuscular Dentistry to improve the quality of TMD patients lives.

93% of patients with chronic cough and sleep apnea showed improvement with their chronic cough when sleep apnea was treated. Learn more about the dangers of sleep apnea and treatment with CPAP and Comfortable Oral Appliances at http://www.ihatecpap.com.

GERD is another unifying factor in Sleep Apnea and Chronic Cough.

A NEW STUDY (see PubMed abstract below) IN THE CLINICAL JOURNAL OF PAIN IN JUNE 2010 ISSUE DISCUSSES LINKS BETWEEN MIGRAINE AND TMJ TENDERNESS.

A PAIR OF NEW STUDIES IN PAIN JOURNAL AND IN THE JOURNAL OF OROFACIAL PAIN LOOK AT INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SLEEP, TMD AND PAIN.

A recent article "Development of temporomandibular disorders is associated with greater bodily pain experience" published in the the Clinical Journal of Pain shows that the development of TMD also leads to widespread pain throughout the body (abstract below). The study was done at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill by the Center for Neurosensory Disorders.