ShapiraIHateCPAP Blog

Dr Shapira has been at the forefront of Dental Sleep Medicine for over 40 years as an Assistant Professor at Rush Medical School.  He was the first Dentist to achieve that in Medical School Sleep Program. He has been utilizing Epigenetic Orthopedic Technology of the DNA and MRNA Appliance for 13 years and is the leading practioner in the Midwest including Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan and also sees patients from across the United States. Dr Shapira's YouTube site has hundreds of Video Testimonials of patients with TMJ Disorders, Sleep Apnea, Headaches, Migraines who successfully resolved problems that plagued patients in spite of top medical care with numerous… Read Full Post

Sleep apnea is a dangerous disorder that can lead to high blood pressure, excessive daytime sleepiness, motor vehicle accidents, heart attacks and strokes!   Shaquille O’Neal's doctor told him he needed to lose weight if he didn't want to die as even superstars struggle with taking off pandemic weight gain. The Atlantya Black Star reported ‘Do You Want to Die’: Shaquille O’Neal Reveals Details of Doctor’s Visit That Led to His 50-Pound Weight Loss. https://atlantablackstar.com/2021/12/19/shaquille-oneal-down-50-pounds-after-gaining-weight-during-pandemic/ The pandemic has been a cause of weight loss around the world which is the best way to increase sleep apnea.  This is a particularly… Read Full Post

Is your CPAP causing cancer?     Lung Problems?   Headaches or Breathing Issues?   Toxic waste from foam entering lungs!   Consider a comfortable oral appliance as a safe alternative.   Royal Philips NV recalled roughly 3.5 million ventilation devices used to treat sleep apnea and increased its cost estimate for addressing a defect that may potentially cause cancer. (bloomberg)   The company said some of its ventilators use sound-abatement foam that may degrade into particles that could be ingested or inhaled and potentially have toxic and carcinogenic effects.    Exposure to the polyester-based polyurethane, or PE-PUR, foam that that can enter patients’ airways can cause headache… Read Full Post

Is your CPAP causing cancer?     Lung Problems?   Headaches or Breathing Issues?   Toxic waste from foam entering lungs!   Consider a comfortable oral appliance as a safe alternative.   Royal Philips NV recalled roughly 3.5 million ventilation devices used to treat sleep apnea and increased its cost estimate for addressing a defect that may potentially cause cancer. (bloomberg)   The company said some of its ventilators use sound-abatement foam that may degrade into particles that could be ingested or inhaled and potentially have toxic and carcinogenic effects.    Exposure to the polyester-based polyurethane, or PE-PUR, foam that that can enter patients’ airways can cause headache… Read Full Post

Millions of CPAP machines are being recalled by Phillips Respironics. Degrading Foam used may give off Toxic Byproducts that could cause Cancer. Oral Appliances are an excellent alternative to CPAP for mild to moderate sleep apnea. Visit www.ThinkBetterLife.com for information on comfortable oral appliances as an alternative to CPAP. Over 90% of patients offered a choice between CPAP and Oral Appliances prefer comfortable oral appliance over CPAP.     Oral Appliances are considered a First Line Treatment for mild to moderate sleep apnea and a second line treatmewnt for severe apnea in patients who do not want or tolerate CPAP!   Ira L Shapira DDS, D,ABDSM, D,AAIPM, FICCMO, MICCMO… Read Full Post

A new device has just been approved on February 5th, 2021 to treat sleep apnea by the FDA.   For Immediate Release: February 05, 2021 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized marketing of a new prescription only device intended to reduce snoring and mild obstructive sleep apnea. Unlike devices used while patients sleep, this is the first device used while awake that is intended to improve tongue muscle function, which in time can help prevent the tongue from collapsing backwards and obstructing the airway during sleep. “Obstructive sleep apnea not only impacts sleep quality, but can have other serious health impacts if untreated. Today’s authorization offers a new option… Read Full Post

A new article published today in Neurology Advisor "Assessing the Overlapping Brain Pathologies in Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Alzheimer Disease" emphasizes another reason why sleep apnea treatment is important. According to the article "In a study of autopsied brain tissue, increased OSA severity was linked to greater concentrations of amyloid beta (Aβ) aggregates. OSA also predicted neurofibrillary tangle (NFT) burden in the hippocampus, another key feature of Alzheimer disease. These results corroborate prior studies which suggest that OSA may be a risk factor for Alzheimer disease."  Link to full article below: A major problem with treatment of sleep apnea is that 60% of patients are not… Read Full Post

The Sphenopalatine Ganglion is the connection between two of the most successful approaches to treating, preventing and eliminating Chronic Migraine, Tension Headaches, Cluster Headaches and TMJ disorders.    The Myomonitor has a fifty year safety record in Neuromuscular Dentistry and as a stimulator of the Sphenopalatine Ganglion.     The following is Reprinted with permission from www.sphenopalatineganglionblocks.com     Sphenopalatine Ganglion: Block, Radiofrequency Ablation and Neurostimulation – a Systematic Review Sphenopalatine Ganglion Blocks have been called “The MIRACLE BLOCK” and were the topic of the book “Miracles on Park Avenue” detailing how Dr Milton Reder, A NEW… Read Full Post

CPAP WAS ONCE THE KING OF TREATMENT FOR SLEEP APNEA. CPAP is still the first line treatment for sleep apnea if you are morbidly obese or have severe sleep apnea. Outcome studies comparing oral appliances to CPAP show equality for mild to moderrate sleep Apnea. Visit Reddit to hear patient testimonials about oral appliance therapy: https://www.reddit.com/r/DentalSleepMedicine/

Many of the original documents that detail the illegal actions at an FDA Hearing designed to destroy Neuromuscular Dentistry have become impossible to attain on the Internet.  I will remedy this with links to some important documents later in this post. Meuromuscular Dentistry is expanding in leaps and bounds around the world with large active groups associated with ICCMO; The International College of CranioMandibular Orthopedics. There are large active groups treating patients and do research in Argentina where Neuromuscular Dentistry is integrated in all four years of dental school.  In Italy where amazing research on Autonomic effects of neuromuscular dentistry is being published on a… Read Full Post