Digital Photography for the Dental Professional

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Digital Clinical Photography is a useful adjunct for the dental office. With the increase of visible esthetic dentistry, more dental practitioners now want to show their dentistry to their patients, potential patients and colleagues. Oral photography is an excellent avenue for practice building, recording treatment, and legal protection. The course is specifically designed to give the dentist and auxiliary staff the primary applications of photography useful in a private practice. The participants will have an opportunity to practice these techniques by completing a series of extraoral and intraoral patient photographs and interacting with each other as a team.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

At the conclusion of this course, participants will:

• Know basic photographic terminology
• Be familiar with a 35 mm intraoral camera, components and accessories
• Know how to properly compose and expose standard extraoral and intraoral photographs
• Recognize and be able to rectify common errors in clinical photography
• Be aware of the numerous applications of photography in the dental office
• Complete a set of extraoral and intraoral photographs on a clinical subject

FACULTY:

• Mark S. Coican, D.M.D., M.S. Dr. Coican received his D.M.D. from the University of Florida in 1981 and was in private general dental practice before returning to graduate school. He completed the graduate program in orthodontics at the University of Detroit in 1984. Dr. Coican is in the private practice of orthodontics in Palm Bay, Florida and a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics.

CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS:

12 contact hours. Participation

Hands-On Workshop

REGISTRATION FEE:

(Breakfast/Lunch included)

Dates	Location	Course #
Jan. 9-10, 2009 (Friday; 1/2 day Saturday)	Gainesville	090192

Team Discount Available