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Technique for orthodontic clinical photographs using a smartphone
Summary: Smartphone cameras have advanced at a rapid rate. With this advancement, it is possible to take high quality orthodontic clinical photographs using a smartphone. The aim of this article is to describe the technique to take orthodontic clinical photographs using a smartphone.
Keywords: clinical photographs, orthodontics, smartphone
1. Introduction
Within the field of orthodontics, high-quality clinical photographs are essential as a diagnostic tool, to monitor treatment progress, and for educational and medicolegal purposes. Orthodontic clinical photographs consist of extraoral and intraoral photographs (1). Orthodontic clinical photographs may be taken by a professional medical photographer, orthodontist, or dental assistant (2).
Smartphones have become one of the most essential pieces of equipment in our daily lives. The latest smartphones are packed with features that make them much more than devices for making calls. In orthodontics, smartphones are known to be used for remote monitoring of treatment progress, cephalometric analysis, and taking orthodontic clinical photographs (3-7).
The current gold standard equipment for taking orthodontic clinical photographs is a DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) camera with a 100 mm macro lens and macro ring flash (8, 9) (Figure 1). The high cost and large size of a DSLR camera and its lenses might deter certain dentists from using this equipment, [...]
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