Digital dental photography. Part 7: extra-oral set-ups

Key Points

• Portrait photography should aim to capture the patient in a relaxed state of mind.

• The set-up for portraiture can utilise natural daylight, compact or studio flashes.

• Laboratory or bench images of plaster casts and prostheses are easily photographed with studio or compact flashes and a variety of coloured backgrounds.

• The best approach to achieving unique and interesting pictures is trial and error. Experimentation is the key to creativity.

Abstract

This part of our series specifically addresses extra-oral dental photography consisting of portraiture and dental laboratory pictures. Portraiture, which is achieved using three types of illumination, natural daylight, bi-lateral camera mounted flashes (as for intra-oral images) or studio flashes, can be further divided into full face and dento-facial compositions. These are necessary for various dental disciples including evaluation of aesthetics, orthodontics and oral surgery facial profile assessment. Dental laboratory photography includes documentation of plaster casts and indirect prostheses.

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