Hands-On Workshop for General Dentists · January 29–30, 2027 · Oakville, ON
Spot the red flags in 60 seconds. Stop the post-op surprises.Predict failure before you prep.
Learn the Function-Driven Protocol™, a systematic diagnostic filter that reveals wear vectors, joint stress on routine panorexes, and hidden parafunction. You will know when a single crown is safe to build, and when to pause, show the patient what is coming, and keep comprehensive treatment in-house.
Limited to 16 participants for direct, over-the-shoulder coaching on every exercise.
- No equipment barrierZero facebows. Zero articulators. Zero expensive gadgets.
- Direct 1-on-1 instructionWith Dr. Agatha Bis. No TAs, no roving lecturers.
- Monday-morning toolkitThe Function-Driven Screening Protocol, for chairside use the next working day.
- 14 CE credits8 lecture, 6 participation. AGD PACE-approved provider.
The Routine Crown Trap
A single restoration on tooth 36. Clean prep, solid crown.
You check the bite with blue paper and send the patient on their way. The tooth was routine. The outcome is not.
- Day 0
Prep, seat, check with articulating paper. Patient dismissed.
- Week 2
The patient is back. The bite “feels off,” or the contralateral bicuspid suddenly aches.
- Month 6
The opposing tooth wears down, or the new porcelain fractures.
- After
You are grinding down virgin anatomy, trying to work out what went wrong on an “easy” tooth.
The issue was never your margins or your lab.
The patient’s functional envelope was failing before you picked up the handpiece. Dental school taught you to look at the tooth in isolation. We have been told that fixing this requires a $50,000 continuum and an articulator collecting dust in the lab.
There is a faster, more practical way.
The Function-Driven Protocol™ · Level 1
Built around the operatory you already have.
Four structural decisions separate this workshop from a multi-year continuum.
Just your eyes and a new lens
No facebows. No articulators. No additional equipment to buy. You learn to read the biological signs already in front of you.
Immediate Monday execution
Two days, Friday and Saturday. You walk into your operatory on Monday with a 60-second diagnostic sequence you and your team can run immediately.
Direct mentorship
A workshop limited to 16 participants, held inside an active clinic. Dr. Agatha Bis is involved in every step. No TAs, no junior associates.
Keep production in-house
The confidence and patient communication to diagnose, plan, and treat comprehensive cases directly in your practice.
Curriculum
The five core pillars of the hands-on workshop.
Each pillar moves from screening to decision. By the fifth, you know which teeth you can treat in isolation and which patients need the broader conversation.
The 60-Second Rapid Screening
- The exact triage sequence to identify functional red flags in under a minute during recall exams and new patient consults.
- Screening adults and children, and recognizing when a screen is sufficient and when a comprehensive examination is warranted.
- A focused history that identifies the events and habits behind the patient’s current condition, and filters out what does not affect the diagnosis.
- The comprehensive examination: TMJ, muscles, range of motion, and signs of parafunction.
- How to categorize a patient on the spot: safe to proceed with a single restoration, or a system that requires a comprehensive pause.
- Training your hygiene and clinical team to spot these indicators, so the case is flagged before you step into the operatory.
Reading the Panorex Beyond the Teeth
- Extracting the diagnostic information already present on standard panoramic radiographs.
- The four functional findings: condylar form, vertical symmetry of the condyle–ramus unit, antegonial morphology, and the dentoalveolar signs of chronic overload.
- Identifying indicators of severe clenching, grinding, and structural overload, altering the treatment plan before failure occurs, and recognizing when findings warrant advanced imaging.
Parafunction Patterns and Wear Vectors
- Moving past “they grind their teeth” to reading the direction, angle, and severity of functional destruction.
- Why certain teeth shear while others pit, crack, or show abfractions.
- Which wear patterns predict porcelain fracture, so you can re-engineer the occlusal scheme safely.
- Separating parafunction-driven breakdown from breakdown caused by caries, hygiene, or restorative failure.
- Predicting the progression of untreated dysfunction: the tooth, muscle, or symptom most likely to present next.
High-Efficiency Clinical Photography That Sells the Case
- Consistent, diagnostic-quality photos in seconds on any phone, with no expensive camera equipment, without interrupting office workflow or frustrating the patient.
- Technique principles for an efficient, complete digital scan, including difficult areas.
- Using those images chairside to show patients what has already happened to their teeth, turning abstract occlusal concepts into visible facts.
- The ethical communication sequence that has patients asking, “Why did my last dentist not notice this?” and agreeing to comprehensive care instead of a patch-and-fill fix.
The Single-Tooth vs. Comprehensive Decision Matrix
- Knowing precisely when you can prep a single tooth with complete peace of mind.
- The clinical pause protocol: how to stop, present the broader picture, and expand the case to protect the patient’s dentition and your own liability.
- Assembling history, examination, imaging, and records into a single defensible diagnosis for complex cases.
- Retaining high-value cases in your practice rather than abandoning them or referring them down the road.
- Review of cases submitted by attending dentists. Submission instructions are sent after registration.
Hands-On Exercises
Six exercises across two days.
Rapid screening in pairs
Run the screening sequence on a partner until it fits inside a recall appointment.
Comprehensive examination
TMJ, muscles, and range of motion evaluated in pairs.
Dental photography, timed
The full photographic series on a partner, against the clock.
Panoramic interpretation workshop
The four functional findings, read across a case series.
Critical analysis workshop
Diagnosis and predicted progression from a full record set.
Treatment presentation role-play
Presenting the full diagnosis so the patient can make an informed treatment decision.
January 29–30, 2027 · Oakville, ON · 14 CE credits · Limited to 16 participants
Bringing a Team Member
The protocols are executed by the team.
Screening, records, photography, charting of the clinical findings of parafunction, digital scanning technique, and the setup that supports case presentation are taught to be run by your hygienists and assistants, not by the dentist alone.
When a team member learns them beside you, the workflow is adopted the day you return. The most common reason continuing education does not change a practice is that the team never trained on it.
Your Monday-Morning Toolkit
The Function-Driven Screening Protocol.
A one-page screening instrument that qualifies every new patient in minutes. It is not a course summary. It is built for chairside use by you and your team, and it standardizes the front end of the diagnostic process without adding chair time.
The questions that matter
The history questions that explain how the patient arrived at their current state.
TMJ and range-of-motion screen
A rapid joint and range-of-motion screen run on every new patient.
Parafunction signs to record
The clinical signs of parafunction your team charts consistently.
The four-point panoramic read
Four functional findings read on every routine pan, plus the threshold that converts the patient to a comprehensive examination.
Taught by
30 years of clinical practice
Practicing general dentist
Thirty years of daily clinical work. The protocol comes from the chair, not the lecture hall.
No proxies
You will not be handed off to a guest speaker or teaching assistant. Dr. Bis works with you directly at every hands-on operatory session, workshop, and exercise.
Real-world dentistry
Every concept taught has been developed, tested, and refined inside an active everyday practice, for dentists who want predictability without unnecessary clinical friction.
Registration and Course Details
Level 1: Dental Diagnosis
This course is open to all team members. The screening, records, photography, and scanning protocols are taught to be executed by the team, so the workflow is adopted the day you return.
Designed to be implemented the very next morning, with zero extra lab or articulator overhead.
- Dates
- January 29–30, 2027 (Friday and Saturday)
- Location
- TMJ Whisperer Academy at Smiles by Bis
710 Dorval Dr #220, Oakville, ON L6K 3V7 - Format
- Two-day, in-person course
- Schedule
- Day 1: History, Screening, Examination, Records
Day 2: Panoramic Interpretation, Diagnosis, Treatment Presentation - Tuition
- Dentist: $1,995 CAD
Hygienist or assistant: $980 CAD - Class size
- Limited to 16 participants
- CE credits
- 14 (8 lecture, 6 participation) · AGD PACE
- Included
- Breakfast and lunch both days, Day 1 reception, course materials, and the Function-Driven Screening Protocol
- Cancellation
- Full refund less a $100 administrative fee more than 30 days before the course. 50% refund or one transfer 15 to 30 days before. No refund 14 days or less before; one transfer may be permitted.