Patients who do not tolerate CPAP often are left looking for alternatives to CPAP. Dr Ira L Shapira a Chicago, Illinois dentist has created http://www.ihatecpap.com to help cpap intolerant patients learn about Dental Sleep Medicine and treatment of snoring and sleep apnea with Oral Appliances.
Dr Shapira is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine (D,ABDSM), a charter member of the Sleep Disorder Dental Society which eventually became the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine. He is also a founding member of DOSA, THE DENTAL ORGANIZATION FOR SLEEP APNEA.
The I HATE CPAP website has a find a dentist area to help patients find a Sleep Apnea Dentist in their area. If there is not a member dentist associated with the site the I HATE CPAP team will help patients find a doctor trained in Dental Sleep Medicine.
The I HATE CPAP team also holds regular teleconferences for continuing education in Dental Sleep Medicine to I HATE CPAP participants. Doctor Shapira also teaches intensive courses on Sleep Medicine and for dentists interested in becoming involved in the field. This pioneer of Dental Sleep Medicine keeps his classes limited to six dentists to insure that the intensive training allows them to utilize a wide variety of appliances to find the most appropriate appliance for every patient. Many courses in Dental Sleep Medicine are given by appliance manufacturers to promote their appliance.
Dr Shapira includes one hour monthly call time to each of his students to insure they have time to refine their expertise as well as seek clinical help on difficult cases.
In addition to founding I HATE CPAP Dr Shapira is also the Dental Editor of Sleep and Health Journal which has recently discontinued its print edition and has made all back issues available free of charge at http://www.sleepandhealth.com The Journal will now make new issues available online as well. Sleep and Health Journal was founded by Sleep Specialist Dr Alexander Golbin who also runs Sleep and Behavioral Medicine Institute in Skokie, Vernon Hills and Bannockburn. Dr Golbin wrote the book on Children,s Sleep and is Editor and Author of Sleep Psychiatry the only published textbook on the subject. His background includes being a pediatric cardiologist and sleep specialist in Russia, head of Child Psychiatry at Cook County and a sleep researcher who is currently involved in numerous projects.
