Dr. Kimberly Santiago was born and raised in the Los Angeles area, graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brandeis University with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. She spent a year skiing the slopes of Colorado and then moved to Seattle to attend the University of Washington School of Dentistry. Dr. Santiago was the top-ranked female dental student, graduated third in her class, was inducted into the Omicron Kappa Upsilon dental honors society and received just about every possible award University of Washington School of Dentistry gives out annually. Her free time is spent as Supermom to Simona, Alessandro, and Eliana. Dr. Santiago enjoys family time, lazy weekends, culinary arts, traveling, the Seahawks, skiing, and binge-watching awesome shows.
Dr. Santiago is earnestly committed to helping enrich and improve the lives of her patients. She firmly believes in healing the patient by treating the root cause of disease/health problems, rather than treating symptoms. This integrative wellness model is a departure from conventional medicine and dentistry; it looks for and treats the smoke before the fire. Every individual deserves to have the option to heal themself. Dr. Kimberly has developed one of the first all-encompassing airway-centric dental practices in which a patient receives a global diagnosis and comprehensive treatment options to help restore them to health, functionally and structurally, and for the long-term. She believes every individual deserves to make the choice to be the best version of themself.
Not only does Dr. Kimberly Santiago take 200-300 hours of continuing education each year, but she also is passionate about educating the community at large about the ubiquitous nature of dysfunctional breathing, dysfunctional sleep, tongue-tie, and underdeveloped jaws. She spends many hours monthly instructing speech language therapists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, lactation consultants, pediatricians, midwives (and more) on how to identify children and adults who are showing the smoke signals for impaired breathing and sleep. She believes that we can make an impact on humanity and significantly reduce the rates of chronic disease.
Education:
Dr. Kimberly Santiago: Brandeis University – BA Psychology, 2000
University of Washington School of Dentistry, 2005
Kois Center Graduates – 2010
Pikos Implant Institute – 2011, 2012, 2014
Chao Pinhole Surgical Technique – 2015
Tufts University Infant Tethered Oral Tissues Training – 2016
Bale Doneen Preceptorship – 2017
Airway Mini-Residency (AMR) – 2018
MyoBrace Activities Group/Member – since 2018
Airway Mini-Residency 2.0 – 2020
The Breathe Institute Functional Frenuloplasty and Sleep Course/TBI Ambassador Distinction – 2018, 7/2019, 11/2019
Vivos Integrated Practice – since 2018
Surgically Facilitated Orthodontic (SFOT) training with Dr. Rick Roblee – 2018, 2020 SFOT Personal Mentorship with Dr. Rick Roblee, 2020 – present
ALF Education with Dr. Ljuba Lemke- 2019, 2021
AGGA training with Dr. Steve Galella of The Facial Beauty Institute – 2019, 2020 MARPE/MSE/DOME education with Dr. Audrey Yoon – 2020
MARPE/MSE education with Dr. Marianna Evans – 2020
Vitamin D RightSleep Protocol Clinical Training with Dr. Stasha Gominak
MARPE/MSE education with Dr. Won Moon – 2020, 2021
University of Kentucky College of Dentistry TMJ Mini-Residency 2020
ASAP Pathway (Airway, Sleep, & Pediatrics) Founding Member, since 2020
Postural Orthodontics Advanced Continuum and personal mentorship with Dr. Simon Wong – 2020, 2021
MARPE/MSE education with Dr. Won Moon – 2021 Homeoblock Personal Mentorship with Dr. Ted Belfor
ALF InterFACE Academy Advanced Continuum: ALF Foundations, ALF Genesis, ALF Grow, ALF Guide
BabyLase/SmileLase
