Dental photography

Documentation in dental medicine, in addition to the usual procedures of dental records and X-rays, today includes a basic set of photographs, both at the beginning, during and at the end of therapy. In restorative dentistry and dental prosthetics, photography involves the most common macro techniques of imaging individual teeth or parts of dental arches and occlusion. In oral surgery, pathological conditions and the course of surgical procedures as well as the outcome of therapy are photographed. In oral medicine, pathological changes of the mucosa and gingiva are photographically registered, as well as changes in hard tissues. Sets of intraoral and extraoral fortographies are used in orthodontics, which are standardized and which are considered a mandatory diagnostic procedure at the beginning, during and at the end of orthodontic therapy. In forensic dentistry, photographic procedures are an indispensable part of any forensic treatment, and photographs are a major part of the documentation. In cosmetic dentistry in the world, and more and more in our country, doctors use photography as a registration of status before and after therapy, as mandatory documentation, but increasingly as a marketing tool in communication with future or current patients who are presented comparisons model " before after".

Required course materials:

1. Teaching materials - authorized lectures

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Determine the importance of dental photography and the benefits of dental photography as part of complete medical documentation;
2. Critically evaluate the importance of length and correction of exposure, aperture and depth of field;
3. Make intraoral and extraoral photographs independently;
4. Identify aids in intraoral photography;
5. Analyze en-face photos and patient profile photos.