Foramen Dental Education × The devigus method
SHORT COURSE ⋅ FIRST INTERNATIONAL EDITION
LOOK ● SCAN
SHOOT ●
DIAGNOSE
Two days with Dr. Alessandro Devigus, here in Porto.
At Foramen Dental Education ⋅ Rua de Santa Catarina 582, Porto
— What is this?
This is a two-day course with Dr. Alessandro Devigus
The idea behind it is fairly simple. Most of us already have the equipment — the CBCT, a camera, an intraoral scanner, the face-scan app on the iPad. We just rarely put all of it on the same patient, in the same appointment, to reach a single decision. These two days are about doing exactly that.
Day one we go through each tool properly, in the order a real diagnosis tends to follow. Day two is hands-on: you rotate through four stations on real patients, and by the end each group has to present and defend the case they put together.
You leave with cases you documented yourself, a clear way to repeat the workflow back home, and Dr. Devigus’ feedback on the work you submit in the month after.
It runs here at Foramen Dental Education in Porto, in English, with no more than twenty people in the room. The patients on day two come from our own clinic, with written consent.
Look
X-ray and CBCT, read with AI.
SCAN
Primescan 2 — occlusion and articulation.
Shoot
Clinical photography, done properly.
Diagnose
Face scan, motion and smile dynamics
“You don’t own a diagnosis until you can defend it across all four tools.”
DR. Alessandro devigus
— The two days
How the two days run
The first day builds the language, one tool at a time. The second puts it to work on real patients.
Day 01 · the four instruments
LEARNING THE TOOLS
On at a time, in diagnostic order.
09:00
OPEN
Welcome and where the gap usually is
09:45
look
Radiography, CBCT, AI interpretation
11:20
shoot
Clinical photography and a settings drill
14:00
Scan
Primescan 2, occlusion, articulation
15:50
Diagnose
Face scan, video, motion analysis
17:10
Close
One case run through all four tools
Day 02 · hands-on with patients
PUTTING IT TOGETHER
Every tool, on real patients
08:30
Brief
Cases assigned, what we’re after
09:00
round 1
Four stations, small groups
10:50
round 2
Rotate to a new patient
13:20
round 3
Third rotation, third case
15:05
round 4
The last and trickiest case
16:20
Defend
Each group presents its file
— @DEVIGUSMETHOD
— What you’ll leave with
What you take home
— 01
Three documented cases
Acquired with your own hands, on three different patients across the two days.
— 02
Workflow poster
A printed Look · Scan · Shoot · Diagnose chart for the operatory wall.
— 03
Acquisition checklists
One per tool, laminated for the chair — the exact settings, so you’re not guessing.
— 04
Devigus certificate
Signed by Dr. Devigus, recognised across the Devigus Method network.
— 05
30-day challenge
A documentation challenge for the month after, with his feedback on what you send in.
— 05
The recordings
Lifetime access to the workshop videos on the Devigus Method membership.
— Who’s teaching
Forty years of shooting teeth
Dr. Alessandro Devigus has been doing clinical photography since 1985, when he started on Kodak EPP 100, and he reckons he’s tested more than 350 cameras in practice since. He edited the International Journal of Esthetic Dentistry for sixteen years, and was one of the first dentists anywhere to work with CEREC — he’s well past 30,000 restorations now.
The Devigus Method is what came out of all that, and it’s the only thing he teaches in this room.
ITI FELLOW
FORMER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, IJED
BIO-EMULATION GROUP
CEREC SINCE 1990
— Common questions
A few things worth knowing
What do I need to bring?
Your own camera body, a macro lens, and a flash if you have one. We provide everything else on site — the CBCT, the Primescan, the face scanner, the software, the lighting — and it’s set up before you arrive.
Is it for GPs, specialists, or students?
Anyone who diagnoses. General practitioners probably get the most out of it, but it works just as well for prosthodontists, orthodontists, periodontists and final-year students. The workflow is the same whatever your speciality.
Where is it?
At Foramen Dental Education, Rua de Santa Catarina 582, in Porto. It’s a working clinic, and we check the whole equipment setup before the course.
What does it cost, and how do I pay?
€2,000, no VAT. Pay it in full, or hold your place with a €1,000 deposit and settle the rest closer to the date. The deposit isn’t refundable, but you can pass your spot to a colleague.
start in porto.
Take a seat.
The first cohort runs 2–3 October 2026 at Foramen Dental Education, with room for twenty. Reserve now and you lock your place and your dates before it opens to the public.
€2,000
PER CLINICIAN
NO VAT
PAY IN FULL
€2,000 on registration
REserve a seat
€1,000 deposit, the rest closer to the date
changed plans?
Pass your place to a colleague, any time
Cancelled and fully refunded if it doesn’t run. We confirm about two months out — don’t book travel before then.