Chairside - Glidewell Dental Labs
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Photo Editing<br />
A photo editing program is a very useful tool when working<br />
with digital pictures. There are a lot of good ones on the<br />
market, from free applications such as GIMP, Picasa and<br />
Photoscape, to those geared toward the professional such<br />
as Adobe Photoshop. Other programs include Adobe<br />
Photoshop Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Corel<br />
PaintShop Pro and ArcSoft PhotoStudio.<br />
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These programs will let you tweak your photos by cropping,<br />
rotating and adjusting exposure so they look great,<br />
even if you are not the greatest photographer. As a final<br />
note, make sure that your patients sign a simple photography<br />
release form that gives you permission to show their<br />
pictures.<br />
This brief tutorial was written in the hope that it will<br />
encourage more dentists to document their cases with<br />
photography. This will increase your cosmetic and implant<br />
case acceptance, and lead to patients inquiring about having<br />
you do their dental work. It will also benefit your marketing<br />
efforts, while making you a more humble and better dentist<br />
in the process. CM<br />
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Figures 7a, 7b: The right and left lateral retracted views<br />
Dr. Carlos Boudet is in private practice in West Palm Beach, Fla. Contact him at<br />
www.boudetdds.com or 561-968-6022.<br />
General References<br />
• Goldstein MB. Digital photography update: 2011. Dent Today. 2011 May;<br />
138-142.<br />
• American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. Photographic documentation and<br />
evaluation in cosmetic dentistry: a guide to accreditation photography.<br />
• Maher R. Practical dental photography & high tech case presentation. 2005.<br />
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Figure 8: The anterior view<br />
• Soileau T. <strong>Dental</strong> digital photography columns. Dent Econ.<br />
• Terry DA, Snow SR, McLaren EA. Contemporary dental photography: selection<br />
and application. Compend Contin Educ Dent. 2008 Oct;29(8).<br />
• Bengel W. Mastering digital dental photography. 1st ed. Quintessence. Berlin,<br />
Germany. 2006.<br />
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9b<br />
Figures 9a, 9b: The 1:1 views are reserved for case documentation,<br />
such as when you want to show one to three teeth in the picture, as<br />
in a step-by-step documentation of a case.<br />
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