Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Angie Tenholder is a general dentist with over three decades of experience, mother of three, wife of an Air Force Veteran and educator for The Synergy Academy and creator of the BabyLase technique.

 Her accomplishments include Board Certification in the American Board of Craniofacial Dental Sleep Medicine (ABCDSM) where she currently serves as President on the Board of Directors. In addition, she has achieved Fellowship status in the Academy of Craniofacial Pain (AACP) and the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD).  She currently serves on the AACP Educational Committee and on the Board of Directors. She is a passionate advocate for bringing awareness to the importance of the development of neural circuits of the trigeminal region in the context of idealized oral neuromyofunction, especially in the first 1000 days of life. By using both neurologically supportive dental devices and highly sophisticated laser therapies of OraLase, RestOralase and BabyLase, leverage can be gained over aspects of human health and function that go beyond the airway and above the level of care offered through more traditional approaches to addressing the challenges associated with treating craniofacial pain, dentofacial development and sleep disordered breathing.    

She has been providing ALF Therapy daily in her clinical practice for over a decade, OraLase for over 5 years and is the developer of BabyLase.  Helping patients and providers benefit from procedures that improve quality of life is her passion.

 The Synergy Academy maintains AGD PACE approval status for OraLase, BabyLase, RestOralase and ALF Therapy courses and has been a proud host for over 50 courses over the years of supporting our professional community. 

EDUCATION

1994 Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry (DMD) Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine,
Edwardsville, IL

PRIVATE PRACTICE

1994  Angela Martens DMD

1996 Angela Martens DMD, PC - Smileology Dental, PC  

2011 Synergy Therapeutics, PC/Synergy Dental Solutions

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS AND CERTIFICATIONS

2024 - Presenter International Functional Association Conference

Host and Presenter ALF InterFACE Conference

2023 - Speaker American Academy of Craniofacial Pain Annual Symposium

 Presenter ASAP Pathway

2022- Speaker- Laser and Health Academy

Speaker - Integrative Airway Summit - Malaysia

 Speaker ALF InterFACE Conference 

Presenter - American Academy of Craniofacial Pain Webinar Series

2022- President - American Board of Craniofacial Dental Sleep Medicine

2021 - Educational Committee Chairperson - American Academy of Craniofacial Pain
2021- Speaker - ASAP Pathway - ALF Therapy  
2021- Speaker - Academy of Craniofacial Pain Monthly Webinar series - ALF Therapy 

2020 - Fellowship Status - Academy of General Dentistry (July)

2019 - Speaker American Academy of Sleep Technologists Conference - St Louis, MO

2018-22 Board Member, American Board of Craniofacial Dental Sleep Medicine

2018-19  ALF InterFACE Academy, Inc – President, Course Instructor and Advisory Board Chairperson

2017-19  Member – Osteopathic Cranial Academy

2017 & 2018   Featured Speaker, Functional Oral Health and Airway Summit

2017  Awarded Academy of General Dentistry Program for Continued Education Provider Status as Faculty for the ALF InterFACE Academy/The Synergy Academy

2015 Certified Team Dentist, Academy for Sports Dentistry 

2014 Diplomate/Board Certification Status Awarded, American Board of Craniofacial Dental Sleep Medicine

2013 Fellowship Status Awarded, American Academy of Craniofacial Pain

POST GRADUATE TRAINING

2023

American Academy of Carniofacial Pain Anual Symposium and Workshops

American Dental Association Pediatric Airway Symposium

American Heart Association Basic Life Support

DEA Compliant Opioid Course Medication Access and Training Expansion (MATE) Act

ALF Evolution Courses

OraLase/BabyLase Courses

2022

ALF: HOME Hands-on courses

OraLase/BabyLase Hands on Courses

NIghtlase/Smoothlase Course

2021 

Developer of the OnLine and OnDemand courses available through The Synergy Academy, Inc 

ALF: HOME Hands-on courses

OraLase/BabyLase Hands on Courses

Feeatured Speaker on the ASAP Pathway and Academy of Craniofacial Pain Webinar Series

2020

 ALF Guide Course - Columbia, IL  (Instructor) 

 OraLase/BabyLase Intro Course - Fallbrook, CA  (Instructor) 

BabyLase CARE course - Columbia, IL (Instructor)

Multiple online courses for OraLase, BabyLase and ALF Foundations (Instructor)

2019 

 - ALF Foundations Course - Columbia, IL  (Instructor) 

- ALF Genesis Course - Columbia, IL  (Instructor) 

 - ALF Grow Course - Columbia, IL  (Instructor) 

-BabyLase Course- Columbia, IL (Instructor)

-Body Dental Connection Course- Dr. Charles Beck  Indianapolis, IN

-American Academy of Craniofacial Pain Annual Symposium Toronto, Ontario Canada

-Academy of Clinical Technology (ACT) Lasers in Restorative Dentistry/Operative Dentistry PHAST Course Las Vegas, NV

-Why Behind The Wire - ALF InterFACE Academy (Instructor) Columbia, Il

-Beyond The Airway  - ALF InterFACE Academy (Instructor) San Diego, CA

-TEAM ALF - ALF InterFACE Academy (Instructor) Columbia, Il 

--Beyond The Airway Iintroductory course for TEAM ALF)- ALF InterFACE Academy (Instructor) 

-OraLase Elective course for TEAM ALF - ALF InterFACE Academy (Instructor) Columbia, Il

-OraLase Elective Course for InterFACE conference - ALF InterFACE Academy (Instructor) Columbia, Il

-International ALF InterFACE Annual Conference (Presenter): FACEing the Future: The integration of Medicine and Dentistry  Columbia, Il

-Basic Life Support Certification– St Louis, MO

2018 

- ALF InterFACE Academy Why Behind the Wire Columbia, Il

-ALF InterFACE Academy  Beyond the Airway -(Instructor) Columbia, Il

-W G Sutherland Temporomandibulo Cranial Group - TM Disorders (Occlusion) Chicago, Il

-American Academy of Facial Esthetics  Esthetics/Cosmetic Dentistry  

-W G Sutherland Temporomandibulo Cranial Group – Osteopathic principles and applications in  TM Disorders and Occlusion Chicago, Il

-HPTC Compliance Training Partners, Inc  Infection Control Columbia, Il 

-Conference Director, Presenter and Course Instructor – International ALF InterFACE Conference: Addressing the developmental and traumatic Neurological midline disorders in the pediatric population  Columbia, Il

-Course Director– ALF InterFACE Intensive 2 Columbia, Il

-ALF InterFACE Intensive 1 Fallbrook, California

-Laser Dentistry 101 - An Introduction to Wavelengths and Laser-tissue Interaction

-Neonatal Dentistry 101: A Primer on Breastfeeding, Tongue Ties, Frenum Pulls and How to Treat the Newborn

-Expanding the Integrative Team Approach to Sleep Disturbances San Diego, CA

2017  

-Advanced Cardiac Life Support Recertification– St. Louis, MO

-ALF InterFACE Academy ALF Twin Block in the Pediatric Population Course Offering Columbia, Il

-ALF InterFACE Academy ALF Twin Block in the Adolescent and Adult Population Course Offering Columbia, Il 

-WG Sutherland September – Ligamentous Articular Strain –Dr. Conrad Speece Naperville, Il

-WG Sutherland November Zunka Dental Cranial Osteopathic Principles Review Naperville, Il 

-AACP Annual Conference Salt Lake City, Utah

-American Academy of Myofunctional Sciences Symposium Chicago, Illinois

-Course director - InterFACE 2017 Conference: Discovering the Connection 

Between Dental Bite Forces, The ALF Orthodontic Approach and Degenerative Neurological Conditions  Columbia, IL 

2016 

- Dental/Cranial Diagnosis and Treatment Cranial Academy Course, Warrenville, Il

-American Academy of Facial Esthetics Level 2 and 3 Botulinum Toxin, Dermal Filler, Kybella, Sculptra and TMD/Headache/Orofacial Pain Courses Las Vegas, NV

-Oral Ankyloglossia Training–Before, During and After Releases Columbia, IL

-Restoring Autonomic Breathing - The Foundation of Movement
  Level Two Workshop, Columbia, IL

-Challenging Facial Esthetic and Orofacial Pain Patient Case  
   Presentation

-Infant and Toddler Lingual & Laser Frenectomy, Detroit, MI

-Immediate Implant Placement and Provisionalization in the
  Esthetic Zone, St. Louis, MO

-Restoring Autonomic Breathing - The Foundation of Movement
   Level One Workshop, Columbia, IL

-Oral Anklyoglossia, Tethered Oral Tissue Before, During and After,
   Columbia, IL

-Resin Based Composites Have Changed: Have You

-Right Angle Lip Enhancement Technique

-Introductory Course in Osteopathy in the Cranial Field,
   Naperville, Illinois

-InterFACE Course, Teaneck, NJ -CB/CT 

-Interpretation for TMD & OSA-La Mesa, CA

2015

 -ALF Mastership Level Course, Fallbrook, CA

-Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification, St. Louis, MO

-American Academy of Craniofacial Pain Annual Symposium, Orlando, FL

-Academy for Sports Dentistry Symposium, Chicago, IL

-Quantum Reflex Analysis, Chicago, IL

-American Academy of Physiological Medicine and Dentistry
   Conference, New York, NY

-Shaping the Jawline – Nefrititi Lift

2014 

-Acupuncture Meridian Assessment Training for Detecting Parasites
  and Dental Problems, St. Louis, MO

-Quantum Nutrition Concepts, Naples, FL

-Advanced ALF and Problem Solving Course, Fallbrook, CA

2013 

-American Academy of Craniofacial Pain Symposium, San Diego, CA

-Introductory ALF Course, Toronto, Ontario Canada

-Introduction to the ALF and Cranial Indicators, Toronto, Ontario

-Dental Whole-Body Connection Mini-Residency, Toronto,
   Ontario Canada

-Motor Nerve Reflex Testing, Toronto, Ontario Canada

-Dermal Filler Treatment Hands-On Training for Healthcare
  Professional, Louisville, KY

2012 

-Advanced Lightwire Functional Appliance Therapy in the
  Treatment of Temporomandibular Disorder, Orthodontics and
  Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Lincoln, NE

-Advanced Craniomandibular & Cervical Physiopathology, Marietta, OH

-Cone Beam Computerized Tomography Program, Dallas, TX

-Dr. Brendan Stack, in-office/hands-on training from one of the
 premier leaders in the field on the TMD, dental, orthodontic and
 functional appliance therapy of the treatment of neurological
 conditions (Tourette, Cervical Dystonia, Parkinson's, Tardive
 Dyskinesia, Gait Disorders), Vienna, VA

2011 

-Dentosensorimotor Rehabilitation, Las Vegas, NV

-Appliance Therapy Practitioners Group Symposium, Las Vegas, NV

-Advanced Craniomandibular & Cervical Physiopathology,
   Parkersburg, WV

-Orthodontic Winter Retreat, Scottsdale, AZ 

-Cervical-Cranio-Mandibular Restoration, Lincoln, NE

2010

Appliance Therapy Practitioners Symposium, Las Vegas, NV

-Sleep and Sleep Disorders for the Rehabilitation Professional and
  Evaluation and Treatment of Cervicothoracic Dysfunction,
 St. Louis, MO

-Temporomandibular Disorder and Occlusion Residency Program,
 Parkersburg, WV

2009

 -Advanced Orthodontics Alumni Conference, Chicago, IL

-Academy for Sports Dentistry Symposium, Chicago, IL

2008

 -Botox Dental, Treatment of Muscular Dysfunction through Neuromodulation Los Angeles, CA

2005

  -Advanced Level Two Orthodontics, Parkersburg, WV

-The Institute at Heartland Dental Care, Doctor Dental University
   and Aesthetic Continuum, Effingham, IL

Creator of the OraLase Therapy and ALF Therapy,  Dr. Nordstrom has devoted his career to developing resources for clinicians to provide patient care at levels the continue to advance the  fields of dentistry and medicine. 

His innovation and creativity has  paved pathways for  advances in dental sleep medicine and integrative health care.

He currently serves as the intellectual property holder of ALF Therapy and thought leader for the ALF InterFACE Academy.

Education:

B.S. Brigham Young University 1975

D.D.S. University of Southern California 1979

O.K.U. Dental Honor Society (Zeta Capter), Co-most-awarded graduate

Publications

American Academy of Gnathologic Orthopedics (AAGO) Dec 1988, June 1999, Feb 2008, June 2014 

American Orthodontic Society (AOS) 1999

American Association for Functional Orthodontics (AAFO) May 1988, Jan 1990, Sept 1993, Nov 1996

Presenter:

1984, 1998, 2006 - Keynote Speaker (AAGO)

1999 AOS Foundation Speaker

1997 AAFO Annual Conference

2008 - Cranial Academy - Indiana

2011 AAO Convo Denver

2012, 2016  Cranial Academy Interface, CA

Cranial Academy  - Virginia

2000 London, UK (OOO)

IAO Polska  (Warsaw Poland)

Birmingham, UK  (OOO)

2009 - Vancouver, BC (AACP)

2013 - Whistler, BC

Haifa, Israel 2013

Budapest, Hungary 2014

Course Director/Instructor

1980-81 Gnathologic Orthopedics for the General Practitioner

1982–5 Renaissance in Resin Restoratives

1996-2001, 2012, 2014-2017  ALF Seminars (Foundation for Advanced Craniofacial Esthetic Studies FACES)

2016-2019 ALF InterFACE Annual Conference

2018 Oslo, Norway -  ALF Principles and Procedures

Contributions

Pioneered developing cranially-compatible dental orthopedic appliances:  ALF series, OMNi, Stealth, NLA, A-a, with associated discoveries of neuro-reflexive pathways.

Introduced the practice of Osteopathic/Dental synergy, in problem-solving complex cases (now known as Interface)

Pioneer in Dental Sleep medicine (1978 to present), with development of the unique buccal-wing, neuro-reflexive appliance designs (which have been copied into most current sleep appliance designs: SomnoDent, MicrO2, Dorsal, etc.), and promotion of a comprehensive, multifactorial integrative approach.

Osteopathic Experience:

40 Hour course, Trainer in CA and other osteopathic sponsored courses

Weekly co-treatment with Osteopaths beginning in 1982

Professional Associations

Cranial Academy, AAGO, ADA, AAMS, OKU, IAO