Digital Dental Photography

Dental clinical photography is the most precise visual communication between doctor and patient, between doctor and a dental technician or interdisciplinary, where clinical manifestations are the main subject. Dental photography is an invaluable tool in documenting the case, establishing the diagnosis, and planning the treatment, even in the absence of the patient. With the help of dental photographs, we allow the patient to see what we see in his oral cavity. We also provide the dental technician with the aesthetic perception of color, morphological and chromatic characteristics of complex dental structures such as texture, shade, saturation, tooth brightness, and other optical properties of dental surfaces. With the help of dental photos, we create new smiles by applying the Digital Smile Design (DSD) Concept, allowing the patient to participate step by step in creating their smile. This concept consists of a virtual process of designing and previewing the final result, computer-assisted, based on the individual needs of the patient and the principles of harmony and dentofacial aesthetics while paying particular attention to the functional aspects of the dentomaxillary system. Today, dental photography has become an independent medical discipline in many countries, where candidates are well informed and prepared to take the best quality images. A modest attempt to combine the profession of doctor and photographer's passion resulted in this work, aiming to accumulate as much helpful information about dental clinical photography in a single material. This work was written by a doctor for doctors, out of the desire to come to their aid, to give them a boost to a fascinating world of technique and art, as the approach of this kind of photography introduces us implicitly in an artistic creation area, where we will communicate to those to whom we address our thoughts, feelings, and moods, and reaching this area will give us many soul satisfactions.