This hands-on course is designed for dentists, hygienists, and dental assistants.  Participants will work along with the instructor to learn the skills needed to take usable intra-oral images. 

Digital photography is an extremely valuable tool for practicing dentists, auxiliaries, and dental educators.  By using digital imaging, we can communicate with patients, labs, insurance companies, and our peers faster and easier than ever before. 

This course is intended to address common questions regarding digital dental photography:

1. What basic equipment do I need to do intra-oral dental photography?
2. What are the common views and how do I capture them?
3. What do I do with the pictures after I've taken them?
4. How do I download them to my computer and can I easily manipulate them?
    

 Course Objectives: 

• Acquaint the novice dental photographer with the techniques required for excellent dental views
• Give the clinician an introduction to basic techniques to download and easily manipulate the images
• Demonstrate the importance and provide strategies to incorporate digital imaging into your practice and/or presentations 
  

 Morning Session

• Introduction to digital photography (film vs. digital) 
• Armamentarium - What you needfor digital dental photography
• The "Views" - How to maximize the view according to the clinical situation, and achieve photographs meeting the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry's requirements for photo submissions
• "Now what?" - After you have taken the pictures, how do you use them?(focusing on easy downloading to your computer, and easy tools for picture manipulation

 Afternoon Session

• "Hands-On" - Participants will pair-up and take clinical pictures of each other, while fucusing on the AACD's requirements
• Review and Critique - Each pair will present their photos to the group.  We will then discuss the photos, ask questions, and critique the captured views. 

The lab session will allow the participant first-hand exposure and experience to digital dental equipment.  After practicing the techniques taught in the morning session, participants will practice taking intra- and extra-oral images on each other.  By using a laptop computer and an LCD projector, participants will see the results of their work and how easily imaging can be incorporated into clinical practice. 

Required Lab Equipment

Please bring mirrors, retractors, and a rubber mixing bowl (for warm water to heat the mirrors).  If you have a digital camera capable of intra-oral, macro photography that you would like to practice with, please feel free to bring it along.  Please make sure that it is in good working condition (charged batteries, memory cards, etc).  If you have any questions about your camera's dental capabilities email Dr. Goodchild at:  gojason@dental.upenn.edu. 

Instructor:  Jason H.Goodchild

Jason Goodchild has been teaching digital dental photography to dentists and dental students for many years at both the New Jersey Dental School and the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine.  He has contributed photographs to many journal articles and was responsible for teaching the photography and case presentation to dental students at the New Jersey Dental School. 

Registration and Tuition
Registration will be managed by the University of Washington.  Call (206) 543-5448, toll free: (866) 543-6465, or email cde@dental.washington.edu for more information.  Please click "Register for this course" at the top of the page to be directed to the University of Washington Continuing Dental Education website. 
Tuition will be determined in Spring 2012.