Dr. Maria Kunstadter

Dr. Maria Kunstadter
DDS

CEO at The TeleDentists; Co-Founder of the U.M.K.C. Dental Outreach program and The Smile Salon, Midwestern America's first dental spa in Kansas City, Missouri.

SPECIALTY: TELEDENTISTRY AND TELEMEDICINE │ REGION: USA

Get to know Dr. Maria Kunstadter

Dr. Maria Kunstadter has spent her career innovating new concepts and programs in dentistry. She graduated from U.M.K.C Dental School. While there, she co-founded the U.M.K.C Dental Outreach Program. The program has taken students, facility and alumni to third world countries to provide dental care for 25 years. Dr. Kunstadter has led and participated in over 24 medical mission trips worldwide since 1982.

Dr. Kunstadter co-founded The Smile Salon, the Midwest’s first Dental Spa. In 2004, she was designated an “Innovator “ by the Invisalign Corporation and was the first woman awarded Elite provider, which only 1% of Invisalign providers in the world achieved.

In 2013, Dr. Kunstadter was appointed the Dental Director of The PAINS Alliance of Kansas City, an organization developed to address chronic pain nationwide. She is the co-founder of The TeleDentists, the first Teledental platform to provide dental consultation services to the healthcare industry. The TeleDentists was ready and able to respond to Covid 19 in 2020 and saw a 1200% increase in revenue from our customers.

Dr. Kunstadter spends countless hours advocating for dental/medical integration as a solution for improving healthcare. She is CEO of The TeleDentists, a member of CTeL Advisory Board as the first dentist, she is a founding member of the Tele-Oral Coalition. Dr. Kunstadter is a lifetime member of the American Telemedicine Association, a member of the Alphas and spends her spare time enjoying her grandchildren.