Introducing an innovative and enlightening educational resource for members of the Synergy Academy

1. Synergy Power Hour Concept Introduction Video

· Empowering Providers and their Patients

2. BabyLase: Little people…Big Responsibilities

· The role of BabyLase in supporting neurological development and non-surgically optimizing tongue function

3. Measure Twice, Cut Once: Redefining an “incomplete release” 

· Anyone who has been, is or will be performing or receiving tongue tie release procedures, whether surgical or non-surgical, should be aware of the role of neurological and fascial restrictions as well as the impact of incision into muscle

4. The POWER of Touch in the Creation of a Smile

·  ALF Therapy and other NeuroDevelopmental Dental Devices (ND4)

5. Calling out the BS

· The Basic Science of a Beneficial Swallow, Bite Stability, Brain-based Sleep and Breathing Silently

6. Curiosity About Luminosity: BabyLase, OraLase and RestOralase

· Utilizing OraLase, BabyLase and RestOralase to elevate your understanding and treatment approaches for oral restrictions and swallow dysfunction

7. Fit To Be Tied

· Considering the Invisible Influencers of Function in the CARE Release of Restricted Oral Tissues (Careful Assessment & Restriction Elimination in surgical consideration and treatment sequencing)

8. Out of Order

· Levels of understanding affecting oral myofunctional considerations in either defining or creating a functional tongue restriction

9. *Know Before You Go and Grow

· Relating the hierarchy of what a patient needs based on the results of a comprehensive clinical exam (The SWITCH, STOP and Starfish Assessments) 

10. *Shut the Front Door

· The role of the anterior coupling response in developing proper swallowing mechanics 

11. *One Foot On the Brake and One Foot on the Gas

· An overview of the trigeminal cardiac reflex and clinical implications for the healthcare team

12. *Where Root Cause Meets What Matters

· A conversation on root cause convergence threshold and resilience

13. *Moments and momentum

· Discussion of the impact of neural circuits, neuroplasticity and neuromodulation

14. *You repeat what you don’t repair

· The impact of Adverse Childhood Events on craniofacial development (ACES & FACES)

15. *Overstaying their welcome

· The Impact of the Retained Primitive Reflexes (RPR’s) on neurological an craniofacial development

16. *Thinking inside of the box

· The Concepts of Osteopathy in the Cranial Field and the contents of the “box”: CSF, glymphatic function and the effect of tongue compression on the maxilla

17. *The wind in our sails

· ALF Therapy for nature-based, organically derived neurological and mechanical support for the cranial complex

18. *This little light of mine

· Priorities and principles of OraLase and BabyLase

19. * It’s less about the size and more about what you do with it

· The Nature of the neuroreflexive airway control compared to the limitations of purely structural assessments

20. *. Fascia, fascia, fascia

· The hidden restriction of Hyaluronic Acid (HA) and review of the Stecco literature

21. * Introducing Amy

· Why sequencing matters related to opening the limbic window and the impact on the AMYgdala

22. *The Soup That We Live In

· The role of combining science and interdisciplinary clinical healthcare

23. *Just okay is not okay

· Review of the 1064 nm laser delivery technologies and why the delivery system is just as important as the wavelength

24. *Release, revise, repeat

· How to break the cycle and address root cause of tongue dysfunction

25. * The wheels on the bus go round and round

· Revising the definition of restriction

26. *Will the mandible please step forward? 

· The role of the buccopharyngeal fascia and Mandibular Labial Tendon (MLT) on mandibular retrusion

27. * Getting on our nerves

· Literature review of the Trigeminal nerve, Locus Coeruleus, Ascending Reticular Activating System in the creating of a functional vs dysfunctional mesencephalic trigeminal nucleus 

28. *Let your fingers do the walking 

· Clinical application and implications of a palpation exam designed to assess compensation patterning for od a dysfunctional swallow (STOP assessment) 

29. *Get low

· The hypothesis and literature review of the potential neurological reasons for low tongue posturing

30. *Lift with your legs and not with your back

· The role of identifying compensatory swallow patterning

31. *Why wait? 

· Facilitating natural growth through NeuroDevelopmental Dentistry

32. *ALF U-niversity

· The why behind the wires

33. *Genesis

· Pediatric devices and concepts (Ages 0-5) 

34. *GROW: Guided Reflexive Orofacial Wellness

· Devices and concepts for the growing child (Ages 6-11) 

35. *Guide: 

· Appliances and therapies designed to address the needs of the patients ages 12+ (to include devices and concepts to address craniofacial pain, movement disorders, sleep disordered breathing and more)

36. *The pieces of the Reese’s: RestOraLase

· The unique and powerful combination of ALF Therapy and OraLase

37. *Teamwork makes the dream work

· Combining "Enlighted" therapies to address tongue function and ALF Therapy

38. Mindful Movements that Matter

·  How we develop our brains and bodies through movement