Digital Photography for the Dental Team Made Easy!

DATE: September 16th and 17th, 2010

TIME:

 To Be Announced
LOCATION: Quality Parkway Hotel (MAP)
FEE: $197.75*

Capture the Perfect Smile and Prepare Effective Marketing and Educational Material for your Practice:

Are you using patient photography to its fullest but not satisfied with the results? Do you use your clinical photographs only for treatment planning and patient records? Then you are missing out on an excellent opportunity to show off your great work. We will show you the tips and techniques to consistently take excellent patient views and provide your dental laboratory with valuable information that only a great clinical photograph will give. Improve the look and function of your cases and reduce the need for remakes or corrections  . You will be amazed how easy digital photography can be learned and immediately incorporated into your dental practice.

Objectives: What’s New in Dental Photography?

  • Cameras, “Must Have” Gadgets and Equipment that will Simplify your Patient’s Photographic Documentation
  • See what’s new in equipment choices, accessories and other neat gadgets that will improve your efficiency in your dental photographic documentation. 

Techniques for Standardized Patient Photography:

  • Tips and tricks for clinically correct views, using the right retractors and mirrors
  • Dental Photographic Views for Predictable Results from your Dental Lab! 

Show off your great work:

produce effective practice enhancement material with images of your own great work and use your “before and after” photographs as an internal education system that COST NOTHING..and increase your treatment acceptance instantly

Practice what you have learned in the evening lecture by photographing each other and fine tune your camera for the best results! 

If you are using the digital camera for patient photography but are not satisfied with the results, or you have never taken any clinical photographs and the camera intimidates you, then understanding the camera will help you make it a part of your daily routine and lets you show off your great work.
Let’s take the mystery out of this technology, simplify the exposure calibration process for your digital camera and get to know how to incorporate this invaluable tool into your world the fastest and easiest way. Rita will show you the tips and tricks on getting excellent dental views every time.

What you will learn in these sessions:

  • Photograph each other and practice the techniques for standardized patient photography with mirrors and retractors.
  • Photography Principles: What are all these buttons and what can I use them for? Get to know the functions of your camera and improve your clinical and your hobby photography at the same time.
  • Camera Clinics: Calibrate your Camera settings and Exposure for Patient Photography, (grouped by camera systems)
  • Case presentations and printing tips; initiate and generate an effective communication tool between your clients and your lab 

Course Requirements:

Participants should bring their own dental photography systems with fully charged batteries and the instruction manual. The latest cameras will be provided for participants who wish to evaluate which system is ideal for their practice. Please bring mirrors and retractors for the intra oral photography sessions. (Mirrors and retractors will be available at a special price at the course)

Biographical Information

For the last 30 years, Ms Bauer has provided photographic material for educational purposes, taught clinical photography, PowerPoint presentation techniques and digital technology to academic staff and students at the University of Toronto, Canada.  

With over 700 presentations and workshops on the subject, Rita has become recognized as a leading authority and divides her time at the University and lecturing internationally.  She specializes in making digital photography easily accessible for dentists and their staff, and in transforming inexperienced photographers into enthusiastic, competent digital camera users. For her efforts to the dental community she has received Honorary Memberships as a Fellow of the International College of Dental Surgeons and the Omicron Kappa Upsilon Honor Dental Society.

Please Note

*Cheques payable to Rita Bauer Seminars *Not included in NPDA Membership Fee

Lecture Resources

At this time there are no additional materials required for this course. As soon as lecture notes are made available, we will update them here.

Rita Bauer is the Coordinator of Digital Media Education at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry

This Course may be of interest to:

  1. Dentists
  2. Dental Specialists
  3. Dental Assistants
  4. Dental Hygienists
  5. All Auxiliary Staff