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...