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Welcome
InterFACE 2025
What is the soup that we are in?
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Conference At A Glance
The Interface Conference
April 9-10th: Invisible Influencers Elective
April 11-12th : Main Symposium
Looking at the big picture as we consider the role of trauma
Changing our minds about ACE's and Faces
The theme of the conference is to expound on the roles of the various members of the interdisciplinary provider treatment team in the early identification and proactive treatment of babies, children and adults. Even though patients of all ages benefit from the creation of opportunities for neuroplasticity through consistent mechanical, proprioceptive and optogenetic signaling of the optimized oral environment, early intervention is important.
By identifying opportunities for our patients to overcome the obstacles of early childhood trauma through the neurological benefits of proper swallowing and facial development, we can elevate the role of the dental provider in improving quality of life for patients of all ages.
Speakers and Presentations
Angie Tenholder DMD, FAACP, DABCDSM, FAGD
Creator of:
BabyLase
President:
American Board of Craniofacial Dental Sleep Medicine
The Synergy Academy
ALF InterFACE Academy
Integratve Solutions Academy
Synergy Dental Solutions
Instructor: ALF Therapy, OraLase, BabyLase, RestOralase
Additional speakers TBA
Our annual conference continues to be a gathering of hearts and minds with the goal of uniting our community through meaningful education.
We have been notified that Dr. Nordstrom will be unable to participate in the 2025 conference. Even though he will be missed, we will do our best to continue with the mission of providing an environmen
Our annual conference continues to be a gathering of hearts and minds with the goal of uniting our community through meaningful education.
We have been notified that Dr. Nordstrom will be unable to participate in the 2025 conference. Even though he will be missed, we will do our best to continue with the mission of providing an environment of collaboration and support for our ALF Therapy, OraLase and BabyLase provider communities.
Speakers
Kristie Gatto, MA, CCC-SLP, COM
Kristie Gatto, MA, CCC-SLP, COM
Kristie Gatto, MA, CCC-SLP, COM
Speech-Language Pathologist, feeding specialist, Certified Orofacial Myologist, Certified in Breathwork, Certified in Posture, Cranio-sacral-fascial trained (CFT)
Kristie Gatto is the author of three books Understanding the Orofacial Complex: The Evolution of Dysfunction (Outskirts Press, 2016), Understanding the Orofacial Complex – Musc
Speech-Language Pathologist, feeding specialist, Certified Orofacial Myologist, Certified in Breathwork, Certified in Posture, Cranio-sacral-fascial trained (CFT)
Kristie Gatto is the author of three books Understanding the Orofacial Complex: The Evolution of Dysfunction (Outskirts Press, 2016), Understanding the Orofacial Complex – Muscle Manual (Outskirts Press, 2014), and Sam the Super Chewer, Eats (Mindstir Media, 2016). She is the owner and a treating clinician with The Speech and Language Connection in Houston, as well as an instructor for many courses on Orofacial Myology, feeding, tethered tissues, and sleep.
She is also a current Board of Directors member of the Oral Motor Institute and on the Editorial review board for the Dental Sleep Practice Magazine. She is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and a past president of the International Association of Orofacial Myology. Additionally, she has served as a Board of Directors member for the American Academy of Private Practitioners in Speech Pathology and Audiology and a member of the Community Advisory Board at the University of Houston.
Stacy Becker, DDS
Kristie Gatto, MA, CCC-SLP, COM
Kristie Gatto, MA, CCC-SLP, COM
Stacy started her journey in Dental Sleep Medicine 16 years ago when her Dad was found to be CPAP intolerant. She took on this journey as a fight to literally save her Dad’s life. She took all the courses she could as well as obtained Diplomate status with the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine (ABDSM). Stacy was one of the first Di
Stacy started her journey in Dental Sleep Medicine 16 years ago when her Dad was found to be CPAP intolerant. She took on this journey as a fight to literally save her Dad’s life. She took all the courses she could as well as obtained Diplomate status with the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine (ABDSM). Stacy was one of the first Diplomates in the St. Louis area and has gained the respect of her local Sleep Physicians and ENTs by working collaboratively and communicating well with her medical colleagues in a much needed interdisciplinary approach.
Unfortunately, in 2017, Valentine’s night, her Dad lost his life in his sleep.
His oral appliance was found sitting on the bathroom sink.
This further ignited a passion in her to find a way to help others… to offset the health burdens that OSA has on both adults, their children… and now HER children.
During this time she also realized that all 3 children in her own home had a form of Sleep Disordered Breathing, Apnea or Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome.
No one was coming to her aide to HELP HER OWN CHILDREN. Beyond tonsilloadenoidectomy and CPAP there seemed to be no options. She knew there HAD to be something else!!! She wanted answers! She was a mother on a mission, and nothing was going to stop her!
She couldn’t ignore sleep and breathing problems in her own children, so how could she continue to ignore them in her patients?
As such, her DSM practice transitioned from treatment of adults to include children as well.
Stacy then took the following courses on her journey looking for answers for her own children and the parents who would put their trust in her helping their children.
Biobloc Coursework
TAD Expansion Coursework
Phase 1 Expansion Coursework (Gerber Interceptive Pediatric Orthodontics)
ALF Coursework (Under Dr Darick Norstrom, Inventor of the ALF therapy)
Buteyko Breathing
Myobrace/Healthy Start/MyoMunchee and other functional appliance Coursework
Training with Dr Stasha Gominak (Harvard trained Neurologist) on the role of Vitamin D and Sleep.
Studying the Endocannabinoid System (the role of EBs and Phyto EBs on sleep health)
And… she is Not done…
because she knows there is more.
Today, she is one of the key pediatric airway speakers at the annual North American Dental Sleep Medicine Symposium. She continues to lecture across the country at local clubs and organizations raising awareness of this treatable and preventable epidemic. She also mentors others on this journey and helps guide dentists on their paths to bring this much needed intervention into their dental practices. She juggles the roles of Mom, Dentist, Business Owner and Pediatric Airway Warrior, sometimes dropping a ball like we all do, but picking it right back up and juggling away… because it’s important.
Knowing that she could only help so many dentists by herself, and with her limited time and energy, she teamed up with Michelle and Tracey.
Speakers and Presentations
Craig Zunka DDS, FAGD, FASCD, FCA
Dr. Zunka is a 1972 graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and a 1975 graduate of the Medical College of Virginia. He has completed over 12,000 hours of continuing education in restorative dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction, nutrition, homeopathy, dento-cranial manipulation and hypnosis.
Dr. Zunka
Dr. Zunka is a 1972 graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and a 1975 graduate of the Medical College of Virginia. He has completed over 12,000 hours of continuing education in restorative dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction, nutrition, homeopathy, dento-cranial manipulation and hypnosis.
Dr. Zunka is a Diplomat of the American Board of Homeopathy in Dentistry, a Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry, a Fellow of the Academy of Stress and Chronic Disease and a Member of the American Society for Dental Esthetics, Fellow of the Cranial Academy, American Academy of Osteopathy.
From 1975 to 1976, Dr. Zunka was an Assistant Professor of Fixed Prosthodontics and Occlusion at the University of Florida. Since then, he has been in private practice in Front Royal, Virginia and has been teaching classes in dental homeopathy, dento-cranial manipulation, nutrition, TMJ dysfunctions and non-surgical treatment of gum disease.
He is a member of the following organizations:
American Dental Association, American Center for Homeopathy, Virginia Dental Association, Northern Virginia Dental Study Club, Shenandoah Valley Dental Association, Front Royal Kiwanis Club, American Equilibration Society, Academy of General Dentistry, Cranial Academy of the American Academy of Osteopathy, American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics, the Holistic Dental Association and American Society for Dental Esthetics. He is Past-President of the Holistic Dental Association, President of the W.G. Sutherland Temporo-Mandibular Dental Group, Secretary of the National Board of Homeopathy in Dentistry.
Additional speakers TBA
Our annual conference continues to be a gathering of hearts and minds with the goal of uniting our community through meaningful education.
About The Interface Conference
The 3i Elective
This course will allow the participant to be able to understand the principles and identification of restrictions to function that are not easily identified by traditional clinical observations. The 3i Course (Identifying Invisible Influencers) will be valuable to the provider who is interested in supporting improved patient care by becoming familiar with restrictions that are neurological, fascial and metabolic
InterFACE Main Session
Our main scientific symposium will be an interactive and experiential collaboration of providers who are willing to put aside their existing paradigms to be able to be open to the experience of learning more about different ways of thinking while realizing that we are all swimming in the same soup of life and living.
As we work our way toward "stirring the pot" a little with the concepts brought forward in this conference, we hope to reinforce the concept that "the soup that we are cooked in" is actually a pretty good way of describing evidence based practice with an emphasis of interdisciplinary collaboration.
In addition, there are so many acronyms that attempt to shorten or simplify a longer name/title, that we sometimes get lost in the labels of ASAP, IAOM, OMT, OSA, TMJD, TSA, ALF, AACP, ABCDSM, AADSM, etc.
Together we will explore the acroyms, paradigms, principles and practices that we share and sometimes struggle with as we remember to learn to depend on each other with honest, open and clear communication for the benefit of our patients and practices.
Our Mission
At the Interface Conference, our mission is to provide high-quality healthcare education to our community. We are committed to offer our conferences and electives to the standards set forth by the AGD PACE program approval for continuing education.
Continued Education credit will be awarded to elective course and conference participants.
Location and Logistics
Location: Columbia, Illinois in the St, Louis, Missouri Metropolitan Area
Location: Columbia, Illinois in the St, Louis, Missouri Metropolitan Area
Location: Columbia, Illinois in the St, Louis, Missouri Metropolitan Area
The 2025 InterFACE Conference will once again be held in the US Midwest for ease of access for practitioners from all areas of the country. If you are flying to see us, come in through Lambert International Airport in St Louis, MO. We have two hotels in Columbia ,IL. The Principal at 618-281-2300 or The Hampton Inn 618-281-9000
Registration-Main Conference
Location: Columbia, Illinois in the St, Louis, Missouri Metropolitan Area
Location: Columbia, Illinois in the St, Louis, Missouri Metropolitan Area
Personalized registration will be offered by contacting Jamie at 618-281-9739 or by email at jamie@thesynergy.academy
Licensed Academy Members: $3000
Support Staff Employed by the Member Doctor $900
Non Member Doctors $3250 (DMD/DDS,DO,MD,PT,DC)
Support Staff and Therapists (SLP, RDH, DA, CST, CST, etc.) $1000
WHAT IS INCLUDED:
Beverages, snac
Personalized registration will be offered by contacting Jamie at 618-281-9739 or by email at jamie@thesynergy.academy
Licensed Academy Members: $3000
Support Staff Employed by the Member Doctor $900
Non Member Doctors $3250 (DMD/DDS,DO,MD,PT,DC)
Support Staff and Therapists (SLP, RDH, DA, CST, CST, etc.) $1000
WHAT IS INCLUDED:
Beverages, snacks and lunch both days
(and yes, we will be having soup inspired by Ruth Nordstroms famous recipes!)
An open bar cocktail hour and 'Meet Me in St. Louie' themed dinner for Friday Night!
3i Elective: (includes access to required virtual on-demand precourse content)
Providers: $1350
Support Staff $500
(You must attend the conference to attend the elective 3i course)