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    Dental Digital Photography - Whalen, Mackey

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    This document provides guidelines for taking dental photographs including camera settings and types of photos. It recommends using an F-stop of F8 for portraits, F22 for full smiles, retracted closed and open shots, laterals, and occlusals, and F32 for black background photos. Key photos include portraits showing the shoulder and up with the nose centered, full smiles focusing on centrals, and retracted closed and open shots of the maxillary centrals.

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    This document provides guidelines for taking dental photographs including camera settings and types of photos. It recommends using an F-stop of F8 for portraits, F22 for full smiles, retracted closed and open shots, laterals, and occlusals, and F32 for black background photos. Key photos include portraits showing the shoulder and up with the nose centered, full smiles focusing on centrals, and retracted closed and open shots of the maxillary centrals.

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    This document provides guidelines for taking dental photographs including camera settings and types of photos. It recommends using an F-stop of F8 for portraits, F22 for full smiles, retracted closed and open shots, laterals, and occlusals, and F32 for black background photos. Key photos include portraits showing the shoulder and up with the nose centered, full smiles focusing on centrals, and retracted closed and open shots of the maxillary centrals.

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    Dental Digital Photography - Whalen, Mackey

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    Vijay K Patel
    This document provides guidelines for taking dental photographs including camera settings and types of photos. It recommends using an F-stop of F8 for portraits, F22 for full smiles, retracted closed and open shots, laterals, and occlusals, and F32 for black background photos. Key photos include portraits showing the shoulder and up with the nose centered, full smiles focusing on centrals, and retracted closed and open shots of the maxillary centrals.

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    POINT FOCUS FLASH!

    Do’s and Don’ts for Dental Digital


    Photography
    Intro To Dental Photography
    Clinical dental photography is
    an important tool for
    communication in a dental
    office
    Visual documentation makes it
    significantly easier to
    demonstrate problems and
    motivate patients to accept
    needed treatment
    Easy way to educate the
    patient
    Lab communication
    Marketing
    Camera Settings
    • F Stop: An opening made by an
    adjustable diaphragm which
    permits light to enter the camera
    lens and reach the image sensor.

    • A change of one full F Stop on


    either side means doubling or
    halving the amount of light
    passing through the lens.

    • For example, F8 allows twice as


    much light through as F11 and
    half as much light through as F5.6
    Types of Photos
    Portrait

    Full Smile

    Retracted Closed and Opened

    Laterals

    Occlusals

    Black Background
    Armamentarium
    Portrait

    Recommend using a blue,


    beige, or grey background

    Shoulder and up

    The nose should be the center


    of the portrait

    • Camera setting at F8
    Full Smile
    • Check teeth for food, saliva,
    lipstick, or other debris

    • Upright position sitting knee to


    knee

    • Focus on centrals (8,9)

    • Should include corners of


    mouth, full natural smile

    • Do not include nose and chin in


    frame

    • Camera setting at F22


    Retracted Closed
    • Clear plastic retractors
    should be used

    • Camera lens should be


    parallel to point of
    occlusion

    • Maxillary centrals are


    focal point of image

    • Camera setting at F22


    Retracted Open

    • Clear plastic
    retractors should be
    used

    • Teeth should be
    slightly parted to see
    incisal edges

    • Camera setting at F22


    Laterals
    • Lateral incisors are focal
    point

    • Lips should not be in the


    frame

    • Never move patient

    • Camera should be same


    level as patient

    • Camera setting at F22


    Maxillary Occlusal
    • Metal retractors should be
    used

    • Purpose is to show full arch of


    upper teeth

    • Patient laying back with chin


    tilted up

    • Stand behind patient

    • Taken with full arch mirror

    • Camera setting at F22


    Mandibular Occlusal
    • Metal retractors
    should be used

    • Purpose is to show
    full arch of lower teeth

    • Stand in front of
    patient

    • Camera setting at F22


    Black Background
    • Points out details more
    easily by blinding
    unnecessary info

    • Good for communication


    to lab and patient

    • Shade variation,
    translucency, value

    • Easily see incisal edges

    • Camera setting at F32

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