SANDA VALCU-PINKERTON, RDHP, OMT - SPEAKER

Sanda believes that providing great care involves truly working with people. Besides her 25+ years of experience working in clinical practice as a Registered Dental Hygienist (RDHAP), she has continued to increase her knowledge and skills by becoming an Orofacial Myotherapist and Buteyko Breathing coach. She works with patients of all ages to help train the Orofacial muscles to develop optimally. Sanda’s outstanding work facilitates straighter teeth, better breathing, & greater overall health. Throughout her career, Sanda noticed the many myofunctional disorders and their serious impacts on jaw growth and development, temporomandibular joint dysfunction, breathing disorders, postural problems and systemic health issues. Forever curious, she kept asking why. Eventually, this led her to training with IAOM and a myriad of other organizations in the field of orofacial myology and with Patrick McKeown in Buteyko breathing. Sanda now proudly serves as the Myofunctional Therapy Director of The Breathe Institute and was instrumental in the creation of The TBI Protocols for Functional Frenuloplasty.