PHOTO PROTOCOL
Digital Photo Record Protocol for Smiles
When our team works on your patients’ cases, photos allow us to have a better visualization of their facial aesthetics. This knowledge helps us provide prosthetics with optimized results. With the added effort for accuracy, it reduces the chances of needing remakes or chair time for your patient. At our premium dental laboratory in Vancouver, we are continuously finding new ways to make processes easier for you and your patient.
To ensure a successful MySmile™ design or dental prosthetics take a look at the following information regarding the digital photo records we ask you to send to our dental technicians.
Portrait
Take a clear portrait photo of your patient from the front with their natural smile. The photo must go from the top of their
head to the bottom of their chin.
Top of their head to the bottom of their chin
Focal distance 1:10
F-stop 10
Digital Stick Bite
For this image, take a photo of their teeth from the front using a dental lip retractor. Ensure that their teeth are slightly apart.
Retracted
Level maxillary
Plane - front & back
Teeth slightly apart
Focal distance 1:10
F-stop 10
Full Smile Defining
Take a close up picture of their full smile. Have them use the speech pattern “Eeeeee”. We use this record to help define teeth
and gingiva within an esthetic zone.
Focal distance 1:3
F-stop 32
No Smile
Take a close up picture of the patient’s mouth with no smile. Have the patient relax their face muscles before taking the
picture. They can also use the speech pattern “eMMMMa”. This digital record allows us to establish approximate central
length.
Focal distance 1:3
F-stop 32
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BC that educates and delivers full and partial mouth reconstruction, including implants, crowns and prosthetics.
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#1-3180 262nd Street
Aldergrove, BC
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