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ALINIERE
A One-Day Interdisciplinary Clinical Experience
by ORTHO INSTITUTE® & ORTHO FACE Foundation®
Areas of Clinical Exploration
- Early developmental recognition
- Medical history and early functional indicators
- Facial growth and functional adaptation
- Breathing, posture and systemic compensation
- TBI Red Flags for Pediatric Sleep-Disordered Breathing
- TBI Red Flags for Adult Sleep-Disordered Breathing
- Interdisciplinary screening concepts
- Referral pathways and collaborative care
- Clinical cases, Q&A and interdisciplinary discussion
Dr. Ela Bănică, Orthodontist
Founder, ORTHO INSTITUTE
Founder, ORTHO FACE Foundation
The Breathe Institute Ambassador for Romania
A leading voice in early facial growth, functional development, breathing, and interdisciplinary orthodontic care, Dr. Ela Bănică leads clinical and educational initiatives dedicated to craniofacial development, airway health, and integrative functional thinking.
Sanda Pinkerton, COM®, RDHAP
Co-Founder, The Breathe Institute – Los Angeles
Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy Director
International educator in airway development, oral function, and interdisciplinary patient care, Sanda Pinkerton brings a refined clinical perspective shaped by her work at The Breathe Institute – Los Angeles.
Bucharest, Romania
20 June 2026
09:00 – 15:00
Registration Category
Preferential access is available for selected professional and educational categories
Standard Registration 500 EUR
Partner Professional Rate 250 EUR
members of partner associations and recognized professional communities
Educational Rate 150 EUR
students and residents
Group Rate 250 EUR per participant
professional groups of minimum 5 participants
Who This Experience Is Designed For ?
Designed for interdisciplinary clinicians working at the intersection of:
airway, craniofacial growth, oral function, posture, pediatric development and collaborative care.
Relevant for professionals in:
orthodontics, dentistry, ENT, pediatrics, speech and myofunctional therapy, physiotherapy, osteopathy and allied health disciplines.
Why This Experience Matters ?
Most clinicians do not miss disease.
They miss early dysfunction.
The signs are often visible early — but rarely connected together.
The child who compensates before symptoms appear.
The patient referred from specialist to specialist without coordination.
The clinical signs that are seen, but not always interpreted as part of a larger developmental pattern.
This interdisciplinary clinical experience was created to support:
- earlier recognition
- smarter referrals
- better interdisciplinary communication
- more coordinated patient-centered care
Patients do not develop in isolated specialties.
Breathing, facial growth, oral function, posture, sleep, adaptation and compensation are often interconnected.
Yet in daily clinical practice, they are frequently observed separately.
This experience creates space for a more connected clinical conversation.