Hands-On Workshop for General Dentists · 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 small groups 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.
- Take-home toolkitA full implementation system for Monday morning.
- AGD PACE-approved providerHands-on CE credits.
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
One high-impact weekend. You walk into your operatory on Monday with a 60-second diagnostic sequence you and your team can run immediately.
Direct mentorship
A small-group workshop 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.
- 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.
- Evaluating condylar remodeling, asymmetry, stylohyoid ligament changes, and joint space compression.
- Identifying indicators of severe clenching, grinding, and structural overload, and altering the treatment plan before failure occurs.
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.
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.
- 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.
- Retaining high-value cases in your practice rather than abandoning them or referring them down the road.
The Take-Home Toolkit
An operational system, not a binder.
You do not leave with an overwhelming binder of academic literature. You leave with four tools your team can use the next clinical day.
60-Second Chairside Triage Card
A laminated, step-by-step checklist for you and your assistants to keep in every operatory.
Panoramic Joint and Clenching Assessment Guide
A visual atlas showing what structural red flags look like on routine pans.
Clinical Photo Fast-Capture Protocol
Camera settings, mirror placement guides, and framing templates your dental assistants can run independently.
Case Presentation Visual Frameworks
Patient-facing imagery and conversational scripts that justify treating the root cause rather than patching one tooth.
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
Designed to be implemented the very next morning, with zero extra lab or articulator overhead.
- Venue
- Bis Institute, Oakville, Ontario
- Format
- Two-day hands-on workshop
- Class size
- Strictly capped for high-touch, hands-on learning
- CE
- 14 hands-on CE credits · AGD PACE
- Included
- Full hands-on participation, Take-Home Implementation Toolkit, diagnostic reference charts, CE certification documentation, and all course meals