Dental Photography
Dental Photography
Dental Photography
3-Legal documentation.
4-Insurance verification.
5-Specialist consultation/referral.
6-Laboratory communication.
7-Professional advertising/marketing.
8-Professional instruction.
Face-frontal .
Profile.
Face-frontal for
examination of:
-facial symetry
-eyes.
-forehead.
-nose.
-lips.
.ears.
Profile for
examination of
the patient profile:
-concave or convex
or straight.
Intra-oral photographs
Frontal – in occlusion.
Right buccal - in occlusion.
Left buccal – in occlusion.
Upper occlusal.
Lower occlusal.
Purpose of the intraoral
photographs
Enable the dentist to review the hard and soft
tissue findings from the clinical examination
during analysis of all the diagnostic data.
To record hard and soft tissue conditions as
they exist before treatment.
Frontal – in occlusion
for examination of:
-gingiva.
-occlusion.
-teeth.
Right buccal - in occlusion
for examination of:
-gingiva.
-occlusion.
-teeth.
Left buccal – in occlusion
for examination of:
-gingiva.
-occlusion.
-teeth.
Upper occlusal for
examination of:
-upper teeth.
-hard palate.
Lower occlusal for
examination of:
-lower teeth.
-floor of the mouth.
HOW TO IMPROVE IMAGE
QUALITY
Use of an aspirator.
Timing of photographs.
Tongue retraction.
File size of digital photographs.
Avoid noise in the photographs.
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