A recent article in the Journal Sleep shows correlation between health care costs and snoring. Can dental appliances that treat snoring cut health care costs.
United States of America (Press Release) March 12, 2008 --
A study in Hungary looked at quiet and loud snorers with 37% of men and 21% of women reporting loud snoring with pauses in breathing. Both quiet and loud snorers reported significant increase in the prevelance of hypertension, myocardial infarction and stroke even after doing a statistical adjustment for age, sex, body mass index, diabetes, level of education, smoking, and alcohol consumption. Loud snoring was also associated with increase in helth care utilization.
The current issue of Sleepmatters from the National Sleep Foundation declared that Oral Appliances for treating sleep disordered breathing was a therapy whose time has come. Dr Ira Shapira is nationally known for bringing Dental Sleep Medicine to the public eye.
CPAP has long been the standard treatment for sleep apnea. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has accepted oral appliances as a first line treatment of mild to moderate sleep apnea. The AASM also accepted oral appliances as an alternative treatment for severe apnea when patients do not tolerate CPAP. There are a lot of patients who do not tolerate CPAP, in fact studies have shown that only 23-45% of patients given CPAP use it. Even among CPAP users most average only 4-5 hours a night and not the recommended 7 1/2 hours a night. The American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine endorses the position of the AASM.
Dental Sleep Medicine is coming to the rescue of snorers and sleep apneics. Oral appliances are preferred over CPAP by most patients offered a choice. The current issue of Sleep shows snoring increases medical costs and cardiovascular accidents as well as hypertension. Snoring is no joke and may be your warning of impending disaster. Sleep Apnea Dentists who treat Snoring and Sleep Apnea with oral appliances have the ability to save lives and decrease medical expenses.
This study shows that snoring should never be considered benign. Previous studies have shown a 300% increase in motor vehicle accidents in snorers as well as poorer grades and an increase in ADHD in children who snore. Snoring is the warning alarm to look out for sleep apnea. DO NOT IGNORE THIS IMPORTANT WARNING!
Unfortunately many physicians are not aware of Dental Sleep Medicine or the beneficial effects of Oral Appliances for treating Sleep Apnea and Snoring. Dr Ira L Shapira a Gurnee, Illinois dentist wants to change that. Dr Shapira has founded I HATE CPAP LLC to increase the knowledge of Dental Sleep Medicine. His Dental Sleep Medicine Organization has a website to help patients and physicians learn about Dental Sleep Medicine and also to locate Sleep Apnea Dentists who offer CPAP Alternatives.
If you are looking for a CPAP Alternative go to http://www.ihatecpap.com to locate a Sleep Apnea Dentist. If there is not a Dental Sleep Medicine doctor listed on the site the I HATE CPAP! team will help you locate one in your area.
Dr Shapira is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine, a member of th Academy of Sleep Medicine, a charter and credentialed member of the Sleep Disorder Dental Society which became the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, and a Founding member of DOSA, the Dental Organization of Sleep Apnea. He is also a Fellow and Regent of ICCMO, the International College of CranioMandibular Orthopedics the premiere group known for NEUROMUSCULAR DENTISTRY AND TREATMENT OF TMJ DISORDERS AND HEADACHES. Dr Shapira is proud to also be a Diplomate of the American Academy of Pain Management.
As a visiting Asistant Professor at Rush Medical School in the 1980's he investigated the relation of jaw position in TMJ patients with the Jaw position of Sleep Apnea patients. The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute justified his research and his findings in their workshop report:
CARDIOVASCULAR AND SLEEP-RELATED CONSEQUENCES OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR
DISORDERS NHLBI WORKSHOP
This report can be found at:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/meetings/workshops/tmj_wksp.pdf
This report considers sleep apnea to be a TMJ disorder and should be read by anyone with fibromyalgia, snoring, sleep apnea, headaches or TMJ disorders.
Dr Shapira returned to Rush Medical School to treat patients with sleep apnea and snoring with comfortable oral appliances. His patients loved their cpap alternatives and follow up studies showed excellent results. Dr Shapira is currently the Dental editor of Sleep and Health Journal and has had numerous articles published in that journal. He also has a chapter on Anti-Aging Dentistry in a textbook on Anti-Aging Medicine.
Dr Shapira treats sleep apnea, snoring and TMJ disorders in his Gurnee office. He can be contacted toll free at 1-8-NO-PAP-MASK or at 1-800-TM Joint.
Dr Shapira also teaches courses to dentists from around the country in who want to learn Dental Sleep Medicine. His last course was held at his Gurnee ofice on March 7-8 and had dentists from Florida, Arizona, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana attending as well as sleep technologists and a psychologist who decided to specialize in sleep medicine after the amazing changes she saw in her own life after being treated for sleep apnea by Dr Shapira with an Oral Appliance.
Dentist wishing to learn more about Dental Sleep Medicine can contact Christy at Dr Shapira's office for more information on his next course on July 11-12. Many of the Dentists found on www.ihatecpap.com have trained with Dr Shapira.
The current issue of Sleepmatters from the National Sleep Foundation declared that Oral Appliances for treating sleep disordered breathing was a therapy whose time has come. Dr Ira Shapira is nationally known for bringing Dental Sleep Medicine to the public eye.
CPAP has long been the standard treatment for sleep apnea. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has accepted oral appliances as a first line treatment of mild to moderate sleep apnea. The AASM also accepted oral appliances as an alternative treatment for severe apnea when patients do not tolerate CPAP. There are a lot of patients who do not tolerate CPAP, in fact studies have shown that only 23-45% of patients given CPAP use it. Even among CPAP users most average only 4-5 hours a night and not the recommended 7 1/2 hours a night. The American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine endorses the position of the AASM.
Dental Sleep Medicine is coming to the rescue of snorers and sleep apneics. Oral appliances are preferred over CPAP by most patients offered a choice. The current issue of Sleep shows snoring increases medical costs and cardiovascular accidents as well as hypertension. Snoring is no joke and may be your warning of impending disaster. Sleep Apnea Dentists who treat Snoring and Sleep Apnea with oral appliances have the ability to save lives and decrease medical expenses.
This study shows that snoring should never be considered benign. Previous studies have shown a 300% increase in motor vehicle accidents in snorers as well as poorer grades and an increase in ADHD in children who snore. Snoring is the warning alarm to look out for sleep apnea. DO NOT IGNORE THIS IMPORTANT WARNING!
Unfortunately many physicians are not aware of Dental Sleep Medicine or the beneficial effects of Oral Appliances for treating Sleep Apnea and Snoring. Dr Ira L Shapira a Gurnee, Illinois dentist wants to change that. Dr Shapira has founded I HATE CPAP LLC to increase the knowledge of Dental Sleep Medicine. His Dental Sleep Medicine Organization has a website to help patients and physicians learn about Dental Sleep Medicine and also to locate Sleep Apnea Dentists who offer CPAP Alternatives.
If you are looking for a CPAP Alternative go to http://www.ihatecpap.com to locate a Sleep Apnea Dentist. If there is not a Dental Sleep Medicine doctor listed on the site the I HATE CPAP! team will help you locate one in your area.
Dr Shapira is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine, a member of th Academy of Sleep Medicine, a charter and credentialed member of the Sleep Disorder Dental Society which became the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, and a Founding member of DOSA, the Dental Organization of Sleep Apnea. He is also a Fellow and Regent of ICCMO, the International College of CranioMandibular Orthopedics the premiere group known for NEUROMUSCULAR DENTISTRY AND TREATMENT OF TMJ DISORDERS AND HEADACHES. Dr Shapira is proud to also be a Diplomate of the American Academy of Pain Management.
As a visiting Asistant Professor at Rush Medical School in the 1980's he investigated the relation of jaw position in TMJ patients with the Jaw position of Sleep Apnea patients. The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute justified his research and his findings in their workshop report:
CARDIOVASCULAR AND SLEEP-RELATED CONSEQUENCES OF TEMPOROMANDIBULAR
DISORDERS NHLBI WORKSHOP
This report can be found at:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/meetings/workshops/tmj_wksp.pdf
This report considers sleep apnea to be a TMJ disorder and should be read by anyone with fibromyalgia, snoring, sleep apnea, headaches or TMJ disorders.
Dr Shapira returned to Rush Medical School to treat patients with sleep apnea and snoring with comfortable oral appliances. His patients loved their cpap alternatives and follow up studies showed excellent results. Dr Shapira is currently the Dental editor of Sleep and Health Journal and has had numerous articles published in that journal. He also has a chapter on Anti-Aging Dentistry in a textbook on Anti-Aging Medicine.
Dr Shapira treats sleep apnea, snoring and TMJ disorders in his Gurnee office. He can be contacted toll free at 1-8-NO-PAP-MASK or at 1-800-TM Joint.
Dr Shapira also teaches courses to dentists from around the country in who want to learn Dental Sleep Medicine. His last course was held at his Gurnee ofice on March 7-8 and had dentists from Florida, Arizona, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana attending as well as sleep technologists and a psychologist who decided to specialize in sleep medicine after the amazing changes she saw in her own life after being treated for sleep apnea by Dr Shapira with an Oral Appliance.
Dentist wishing to learn more about Dental Sleep Medicine can contact Christy at Dr Shapira's office for more information on his next course on July 11-12. Many of the Dentists found on www.ihatecpap.com have trained with Dr Shapira.
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