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Taking A Lips At Rest Photo

By Lee Ann Brady on 09.23.14

The "Lips at Rest" or "Emma" photograph is a foundational image in dental treatment planning. This image along with the patient's age and gender is used to determine the proposed position of the Read More

Full Face Dental Photo

Full Face Diagnostic Photos

By Lee Ann Brady on 07.01.13

When I first learned dental photography full face and profile images were part of that series and for years I always took them. Over the years I have learned some valuable lessons about full face Read More

Taking an Occlusal Photo

By Lee Ann Brady on 12.10.12

The upper and lower occlusal photographs rate as some of the most challenging along with buccal retracted images. The other side of the coin, is they are two of the most valuable of the images we Read More

Handles a Must For Mirror Photographs

By Lee Ann Brady on 03.22.12

If you haven't yet discovered handles for your dental photography mirrors you are missing out. For many years I struggled to take mirror shots and hold the mirrors by hand. It was a combination of Read More

Storing Patient Photos

By Lee Ann Brady on 03.05.12

Taking photos with a digital camera is game changing in a dental practice. As the ultimate communication tool, they allow patient's to "see" what their teeth look like and give us a way to talk with Read More

Histogram of a Properly Exposed Image

Digital Dental Photography: Using The Histogram

By Lee Ann Brady on 12.20.11

[/caption] One of my personal goals as a photographer is to take pictures of a high enough quality that I never open one on my computer and find it unusable. Whether for diagnostic purposes or as Read More

Buccal Retracted Teeth Apart Dental Photograph

Taking a Buccal Retracted Photograph

By Lee Ann Brady on 12.12.11

The Buccal retracted photograph is a critical image for treatment planning. It shows the upper and lower occlusal planes and relationship to the anterior teeth in the version with the teeth apart. The Read More

Full Smile Dental Photograph

The Magic Four Photos

By Lee Ann Brady on 12.07.11

[/caption] Many years ago in a lecture by Dr. Frank Spear I learned about the six photos he takes on every hygiene patient and it transformed my practice. Over the years I have come to depend on Read More

Occlusal photo with Bluish Cast

Why Are My Mirror Photos Blue?

By Lee Ann Brady on 09.28.11

[/caption] Some of the most challenging intra-oral photos to master are the mirror shots. The placement of the retractors and the mirror, controlling fog and then aiming and focusing are all part Read More

lRetraction can be one of the challenges in getting excellent dental photographs. This video demonstrates a quick and simple technique for placing plastic retractors comfortably for the patient. astic Dental Photogrpahy Retractors

Video: Placing Plastic Photogrpahy Retractors

By Lee Ann Brady on 08.26.11

Retraction can be one of the challenges in getting excellent dental photographs. This video demonstrates a quick and simple technique for placing plastic retractors comfortably for the Read More

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