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A One-Day Interdisciplinary Clinical Experience
by ORTHO INSTITUTE® & ORTHO FACE Foundation® in collaboration with The Breathe Institute
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
Sanda Pinkerton, COM®, RDHAP
International educator focused on airway development, oral function and interdisciplinary patient care.
Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy Director
Co-Founder, The Breathe Institute — Los Angeles
Dr. Ela Bănică
Focused on early facial growth, functional development, breathing and interdisciplinary clinical care.
Orthodontist
Founder, ORTHO INSTITUTE
Founder, ORTHO FACE Foundation
The Breathe Institute Ambassador for Romania.
Bucharest, Romania
20 June 2026
09:00 – 15:00
Participation intentionally limited.
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.