11416 Slater Avenue Northeast, Ste 100A, Kirkland, Washington 98033, United States
Angela Zappone 206-498-7763
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About Me
Angie's Professioanl Biography
Angie's Professioanl Biography
Angie's Professioanl Biography
Angie is a truly integrative dental hygienist & healthcare professional with over 35 years of experience. A skilled clinician, educator, researcher, and writer, she brings curiosity, compassion and a genuine passion for health and wellness to everything she does.
In addition to her 35 years in dental hygiene, she has worked as a researche
Angie is a truly integrative dental hygienist & healthcare professional with over 35 years of experience. A skilled clinician, educator, researcher, and writer, she brings curiosity, compassion and a genuine passion for health and wellness to everything she does.
In addition to her 35 years in dental hygiene, she has worked as a researcher for Optiva (Sonicare) and has been a certified Nutritional Counselor since 2007. Her quest to address overall health as an integral component of oral health led her to establish her business 16 years ago. She is focused on nutrition's role in inflammation and wellness, promoting a balanced lifestyle; with healthy food, joyful movement, and good friends as an important part of preventative and supportive medicine. She published an article in 2012 on chronic inflammation and diet for the National American Dental Hygiene Association's "Access Magazine" and was a speaker at the Pacific Northwest Dental Convention in 2013.
Angie attended Seattle Midwifery School in 1998-99 to become a Birth Doula. She continued her child birth education the past few years to become a Post-Partum Doula and Certified Lactation Educator. Angie is pursuing her International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) certification, the gold standard in lactation support and services. Helping new families and infants in this precious time is an amazing gift and honor that she is so grateful for. Angie has 36 years in oral health and is particularly experienced in assessing tongue-ties and support with latching/feeding struggles for new mom's and baby.
Angie is also an Upledger Institute Certified Craniosacral Technique Therapist (CST-T). She spent more than 7 years working for a holistic-oriented Pediatric Physicians at Centered in Wellness Clinic in Kirkland WA. In collaboration with these physicians, Angie helped address a wide range of conditions including orofacial pain and TMD/TMJ, concussions, musculoskeletal injuries, acute and chronic pain, stress related syndromes, autoimmune disease, nutrition & methylation isues and neurodevelopmental challenges.
Angie is also an Avazzia Neurostimulation Practitioner. She's completed her biofeedback/neurofeedback training, and successfully passing the Biofeedback Practitioner's Examination. Angie served as the lead investigator in a study examining the effects of neurostimulation on symptom reduction in children with autoimmune PANS/PANDAS. She and Cynthia Keller MD presented their finings at the World Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine Conference in Houston in 2014.
She has has been working as an Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist for many years. Angie integrates her expertise as a Myofunctional therapist, craniosacral therapist, nutritional counselor and post-partum doula & lactation educators to comprehensively address her clients needs.
Personal Background & Interests
Angie's Professioanl Biography
Angie's Professioanl Biography
Angie enjoys time with friends and family, working with animals and staying connected in her community. She enjoys being outdoors and loves kayaking, paddle boarding, camping, biking & hiking. You'll often find her reading by the fire, walking her dogs or coaching youth soccer. She and her husband have raised three wonderful children.
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Angie enjoys time with friends and family, working with animals and staying connected in her community. She enjoys being outdoors and loves kayaking, paddle boarding, camping, biking & hiking. You'll often find her reading by the fire, walking her dogs or coaching youth soccer. She and her husband have raised three wonderful children.
Through faith and her family's personal health journey, Angie has learned to really listen to her clients with compassion and understanding. Her own health challenges has lead her on a unique path, with exposure to an immense amount of healing modalities, brilliant doctors and practitioners, and amazing, kind, strong empathetic people. It has brought home the fact that we are all here as part of a bigger community, and at heart have more in common then we do differences
Her belief in something greater than the individual has guided her to explore her faith and spirituality, and to become a minister specializing in somatoemotional release work. She continues to be curious, not judgmental (ode to Ted Lasso), and strives to be open and accepting as she pursue her spiritual and professional education.
Angie has a deep desire to continue to learn, share and grow, and a passion to help others through her own professional training and personal experiences.
Clinical Focus & Approach to Care
Angie's Professioanl Biography
Clinical Focus & Approach to Care
Angie's true calling lies in helping clients optimize orofacial muscle function and resting posture as a myofunctional therapist, and compassionately supporting infants, moms and new families navigate breastfeeding challenges and post-partum transitions in her work as a doula.
She approaches orofacial myofunctional disorders (OMDs) through
Angie's true calling lies in helping clients optimize orofacial muscle function and resting posture as a myofunctional therapist, and compassionately supporting infants, moms and new families navigate breastfeeding challenges and post-partum transitions in her work as a doula.
She approaches orofacial myofunctional disorders (OMDs) through the lens of three professions. as a dental hygienist & myofunctional therapist; she evaluates form, function, development, oral habits, & compensatory patterns. As a craniosacral therapist: she addresses fascial tensions, particularly in the mouth, head, jaw, and neck.
As a Doula & Lactation Educator she supports mother's, families, and infants through pregnancy, feeding & post partum.
She brings together her passion for healing, broad clinical knowledge and professional experience to create highly personalized therapy sessions for her clients.
Angie often works in collaboration with other amazing dentists, physicians and healthcare professionals as needed, to support you and your family in the best, most comprehensive manner possible.
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