Gurnee Dentist Featured in Bottomline Personal Article on Snoring and Sleep Apnea

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Gurnee Dentist Featured in Bottomline Personal Article on Snoring and Sleep Apnea

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Dr Ira L Shapira is featured in the January 1, 2009 issue of Bottom Line Personal newletter. Dr Shapira is known both Nationally and Internationally for his avid promotion of Dental Sleep Medicine and oral appliance therapy as an alternative to CPAP. Dr Shapira is a Gurnee dentist who has additional offices where he treats snoring and sleep apnea in Skokie at American Sleep Medicine, Schaumburg at 129 S Roselle Rd where he works with Dr Alan Acierno and in Bannockburn at Sleep and Behavioral Medicine where he works closely with Dr Alex Golbin a pediatric sleep specialist, neurologist and psychiatrist. Dr Dennis Hoffman is a pulmonary specialist at American Sleep Medicine in Skokie and has his primary practice in Gurnee. Dr Shapira is a pioneer in the field of Dental Sleep Medicine and is the dental editor of Sleep and Health Journal. He was 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 for Sleep Apnea.

I Hate CPAP! LLC is a company founded by Dr Shapira that brings increased public awareness to the dangers of sleep apnea and snoring. The website www.ihatecpap.com is the premiere site for information on Dental Sleep Medicine and there is a find a dentist section to help patients around the U.S. find Sleep Apnea Dentists. "I don't hate CPAP!" says Dr Shapira but more than half of all patients prescribed CPAP do and do not use it and those patients are the audience www.ihatecpap.com addresses.

Dr Shapira has his primary dental practice in Gurnee, Il with his partner Dr Mark Amidei. They are well known for their cosmetic and implant dentistry as well as for treatment of TMJ disorders and difficult reconstructive cases. He is also founder of Chicagoland Dental Sleep Medicine with offices in Skokie, Schaumburg and Bannockburn. Sleep apnea is a TMJ disorder according to an NHLBI report.

Dr Shapira is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine, a Fellow and Regent of The International College of CranioMandibular Orthopedics (ICCMO), a Diplomat of the Academy of Pain Management and a former Assistant Professor at Rush Medical Schools Sleep Center where he was involved in research in the 1980's and returned to treat patients in the 1990's.

Dr Shapira is a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, The American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, DOSA, ICCMO, The American Academy of Craniofacial Pain, and The American Academy of Pain Management.

More information can be found online at http://www.ihatecpap.com

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