The Importance of Dental Photography and a Dentist's Journey

It’s simple: the more I document and reflect on my work through photography, the happier Dentist I become. I remember the struggles when starting out with dental photography - it’s not a glamorous time. Overexposed photos, poorly framed shots and ‘I have been meaning to buy retractors for months!’ Enough of the excuses – it’s time to dust off that camera as I am joined by Dr. Panesar on the topic of dental photography – a subject very close to my heart. https://youtu.be/oVJEFApDVUw Watch PDP164 on Youtube Protrusive Dental Pearl: My philosophy on spending money. If I am going to use something daily, I will buy the best I can afford. If something is very temporary or very sporadic use, I will cheap out/borrow/rent. By that logic, get yourself a decent camera body, lens and flash set up that will serve you well for years to come. It does not have to be mega expensive and we do recommend buying used/refurbished later in the episode. As promised, Canon’s dental photography guide: A5_dental_kit_LR_ENG_tcm109-1327230.pdf (canon.ch) Websites mentioned: www.e-infin.com www.kentfaith.co.uk www.dentiphoto.com www.owlbracket.com Take a look at Dr. Panesar’s Instagram @drraypanesar Need to Read it? Check out the Full Episode Transcript below! Highlights of the episode:00:00 Intro02:31 Philosophy of Spending Money04:24 Dr. Ray Panesar12:31 When to buy a dental camera?15:26 What to buy for dental photography?16:28 Camera body17:46 Ring flash18:51 Lens for Dental Photography23:33 Jaz’s setup27:39 Practice, practice, practice!33:22 Settings38:04 Aperture41:36 Shutter speed45:18 ISO49:35 Why take photographs?52:41 Accessories57:00 Dr. Panesar’s current setup60:25 Outro If you like this episode, you will also like PDP087- Dental Photography Did you know? You can get CPD from the Web App or Phone App and watch premium clinical videos, for less than a tax deductible Nando’s per month? Click below for full episode transcript: Jaz's Introduction: If you're new to dental photography, or maybe you have a bit of experience, but you dabble, you're a dabbler and you want to get more consistent, then this episode with Dr. Ray Panesar, young dentist, will inspire you to pick that camera back up or learn the settings for the first time. Jaz's Introduction:So you can start to even buy your first kit. Like we talk about buying the camera kit, why each component is important, the different settings that me and Ray are using. So hopefully that will inspire and uplift you. Hello Protruserati, I'm Jaz Gulati and welcome back to another episode of Protrusive Dental Podcast. I just want to say that photography is so important to my mental health. I actually mean it. The days where I don't take any photos, or I don't record any video content of my procedures. I don't feel great. I honestly, if I go like a few days without taking a photo, it means that I haven't been expressive, that I haven't been challenging myself, that I haven't been reflective and without all those things, then I'm not enjoying my dentistry. So I find that the days I don't take photos, I don't enjoy as much and I take more photos, I'm really reflecting more. I'm perhaps doing something that interests me. I just find I'm much happier. So the key to my happiness and dentistry is rubber dam isolation and dental photography. Now on the topic of Rubber Dam Isolation, recently we had our webinar, Quick and Slick Rubber Damn, it was live, it's now available as a replay for Protrusive Premium Subscribers, and one of the listeners, one of the avid Protruserati, Dr. [unclear] from Ghana, he asked for a like a Rubber Damn Bank. He said yes, I suggested it and he's like yes please, so I was like okay let's do it. So essentially, some really good courses that I've been on, they've got like examples of procedures, for example Dr. Nekky Jamal's Wisdom Tooth course, like. He has so many examples of different wisdom tee...