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Alexandra Popa
Holistic Dental & Medical Institute
Dental Digital Photography
of Bucharest - ROPOSTURO,
Bucharest, Romania
From Dental Clinical Photography
e-mail:
alesandra17popa@gmail.com
to Digital Smile Design
Editors: Feng Liu
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
Language: English
ISBN: 978-981-13-1622-7
Books Review
Edition: 1/e
Publish Year: 2019
Pages: 318, illustrated
Price: € 160.49
Medical photography in clinical practice has been widely used in oral medicine in recent years. Using clinical
photography, a dentist can record a patient’s case with greater medical accuracy and schedule appropriate
treatment.
This revised third edition of Dental Digital Photography covers 9 topics.
The book begins with the presentation of The History and Significance of Dental Photography and explains the
importance of photos in patient education, preserving the images for medical records, the doctor-patient,
doctor-technician and doctor-doctor communications, doctor-technician and doctor-doctor as well as the
legal basis. The next part tackles the Basic Concepts and Knowledge of the Photography. Prior to learning oral
clinical photography, it is necessary for learners to understand the basic concepts and knowledge of pho-
tography. So, there are exhaustive explanations of notions such as photoelectric sensor, pixel and resolution,
exposure, aperture, shutter speed, exposure control, ISO, depth of field, layout and white balance. The next
topic addressed is Devices and Equipment of the Dental Photography. This part helps us to choose the appropri-
ate equipment and devices to achieve ideal dental photography. Then the Basic Procedures of Dental Clinical
Photography are presented. This part describes the dental photography protocol such as clinical image speci-
fication recommended, position and holding, placing retractors, composition and focus.
Basic Images of Dental Clinical Photography Considering is the next chapter. It summarizes 74 images usually
used in clinical work. The shooting methods and applications of all these images are introduced in detail in
this chapter, which describing both photographs taken with the camera and photos taken with the micro-
scope. The next chapter, Standards for Common Aesthetic Oral Clinical Photography introduces the three main
standards required by the: American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (AACD), European Society of Cosmetic
Dentistry (ESCD) and Chinese Society of Aesthetic Dentistry (CSED). Clinical Still Life and Operation Photog-
raphy is the following chapter. Besides clinical photographs there are also many other photos necessary in
a clinic, such as photographs of clinical objects and photographs of clinical operations. Some examples are
photographs of impressions, models and prostheses. Image Adjustment and Application is the next part. The
chapter focuses on how to adjust images by some simple application of Photoshop, and the procedure of
introducing acquired clinical images into the Digital Smile Design (DSD) process. The last part, Aesthetic Treat-
ment Based on Clinical Image presents the basic protocol to establish aesthetic goals and it is explained by
presenting many clinical cases.
The third edition of Dental Digital Photography is more comprehensiveand systematic providing a
greater sense of knowledge. It will contribute to a clearer understanding of the scientific oral clinical photo-
graphy concepts and methods, thus becoming for each dentist a working tool in the daily application of digi-
tal photography.
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