Clinical

Digital
Photography

by
Mostafa Ahmed Ramadan
Lecturer of Orthodontics
BDS (2010), MSc (2017), DDS (2021)
 What will we study ?
*Introduction

*Basic terms

*Types of Cameras

*The right equipment for the job

*Standardizing images

*How Many Photographs Do We Need?

*Sources of errors in clinical photography

What will we study ?

*Extra-oral photograph

*Intra-oral Photographs

* Pre- and post-operative comparisons

*Image editing

*Publishing your images

*Tips for Dental Photography

 Introduction

• Clinical photography is a very important tool in

general practice in documenting patient’s treatment
especially high aesthetic and cosmetic cases.
• The main advantages of digital versus film
photography are instant image acquisition, reduced
cost of film processing and a relatively easy learning
curve.
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• One of the biggest advantages of digital photography

is that the images are seen instantly and can be edited
in many ways such as improving brightness and
contrast, cropping, changing hue and saturation,
adding text and symbols when using digital
presentation programs.
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• The basic record taking is comprised of three main types of

records:
1. Study models
2. Radiographs
3. Clinical photographs.
• Each of these types of records provides certain diagnostic
information to the dentist to aid him/her in diagnosing and
determining the best possible treatment plan for each
particular case.
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