Shade Taking with Digital Photography

A digital picture is worth a thousand shade tabs.....Digital photography is playing an integral part in dental offices, not only to communicate shades, but as part of comprehensive patient exams. Here are some photos that can become part of the patient records as well as tools for lab communication.

Photos for the lab:

Photos for patient records:
Why take photos for patient records? Showing patients there teeth on your computer screen reveals to them old restorations, wear facets, recurrent decay, poor contour and periodontal and hygiene issues. It gives you and the patient a good idea of the direction of the treatment plan. Plus, patient quickly forget what their teeth looked like prior to restorative work.