Basics of Dental Photography [B2B] – PDP087

Want to upgrade your practice with dental photography but unsure where to start? I got early adopter and dental photography legend Dr Alessandro Devigus (the main man behind dentist.camera Instagram page) to share with us his fundamentals to make dental photography routine in for your clinical documentation. https://youtu.be/6WtCv9nb7HA Check out this full episode on YouTube Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! Protrusive Dental pearl: AACD Dental photography guide, have this document at hand when start taking dental photographs because it will help you to remember your settings before they eventually become second nature. AACD_2013_Photo_Guide And also be sure to check this video tutorial I made on how to take perfect Occlusal Dental Photographs (the trickiest shot!) https://youtu.be/PGTtZJnp9Pk “Every picture you didn't take is a missed one...” - Dr Alessandro Devigus In this episode we talked about: * Setting up the camera 12:37* The basic of taking photographs 14:19* Importance of magnification ratio on lens 17:48* Selection of materials ie mirrors and retractors 21:38* Making your own signatures on photography 26:39* Storing and Organizing photos 30:42 As promised, here are the basic dental photography camera settings by Dr Alessandro Devigus: Check out Dr Alessandro Devigus’ instagram page, the dentist.camera, to learn more about cameras. If you enjoyed this episode, you may also enjoy the ‘Which Dental Camera Should I Buy’? also with Dr Alessandro. Click below for full episode transcript:  Opening Snippet: So once you buy the camera, the second barrier I find Dentists have in terms of actually picking up and using it is because they've never devoted the time to actually sit down and learn what is the aperture? What is ISO? Why is this relevant? And then what they do is they just haphazardly put it on auto and they take photos and they get unpredictable inconsistent results, they get frustrated... Jaz's Introduction: When I qualified as a dentist, and I got my first ever paycheck, the first thing I did was buy a camera like yes, it was used because I need save money. But it was the first purchase because I knew I was taught by some mentors that to take good dental photographs is so so important to your career development. And I cannot echo this enough. So today I'm joined by Dr. Alessandro Devigus, the chap who owns dentist camera Instagram page, he's a world leading expert on dental photography. And we're going to cover the basic settings, how to get consistency and photos, and all the best tips to help you get started in den...