Use of dental photography in pediatric dentistry practice
Sahin, Meryem
This study assesses how pediatric dentists currently use dental photography in clinical practice,including the frequency, reasons, challenges faced, coping strategies, equipment used, and to examinedifferences based on gender, institution, title, and experience. An online survey with 29 questions,created using Google Forms, was distributed to 195 specialists, research assistants, and academiciansin pediatric dentistry from January to June 2025. Pediatric dentists who volunteered and completedthe survey were included in the study. Results were analyzed with IBM SPSS Statistics Version 21.Dental photography was used in pediatric dentistry to a limited extent, especially in trauma cases,and more frequently in university hospitals. The main challenges were cooperation and anatomicallimitations...
Dental Photography
Sahin, Meryem | Dogan, Sercan
Photography is basically the art of imaging and recording these images. Dental photography is a sub-branch of this, and has facilitated and improved the daily dental clinical practice of dentists with modern equipment and advanced technologies. It ensures that the documents are aesthetically perfect for more effective and beneficial use from a clinical perspective. Visual documentation allows the dentist to better understand the patient and evaluate the treatment process, while at the same time increasing patient motivation. It plays a critical role in supporting diagnosis and treatment planning, patient-doctor communication, educational processes and marketing. It has been reported to be used in many areas such as oral hygiene motivation, legal documentation and communication with the lab...