Dental Photography School

In this episode I speak about some cameras you must NOT use for clinical dental photography.

In the previous episode I spoke about the best lenses for dental or dermatology photography. This episode is more about which lenses you must be careful about before selecting them. So Watch out !! Do share your thoughts / comments

One of the most frequently asked questions when it comes to documenting clinical cases is, WHICH IS THE BEST CAMERA?
In this episode I've tried to help my listeners understand the process of selecting the best camera for themselves. The episode will be helpful to all dermatologists, dentists, ophthalmologists, dental/ medical students, dental hygienists and other medical professionals

Prologue
Fogging of the intraoral / occlusal mirror due to exhalation is one of the most frequently faced problems during documentation of intraoral images by a dentist or a dermatologist. In this article we discuss about the causes & Top ways to prevent fogging.
This article is also available as a podcast. If you wish to listen to the final episode of the world’s first podcast on dental / clinical photography for the year 2020 log on to www.dentalphotographyschool.in

Choosing Equipment for clinical photography SIMPLIFIED!
Save money which you were planning to spend on the wrong things
Helpful for all clinicians & staff

What is the best that works for you?
Mobile phone documentation or Interchangeable lens camera documentation.
If you would like to listen to an overview about what equipment is best suitable for your work, you are at the right place.
In this episode I speak about how mobile phone photography and interchangeable lens camera are different from each other. The episode will help you decide what to stick to in terms of personal preferences.
A must listen podcast episodes for every dentist/ dermatologist/ student/ front office desk staff/ Nurses - Basically anyone who wants to be a bit more serious about documentation now and wants to start on the right foot!

How clinical photography can help a student
Links for website/ contests/ events https://linktr.ee/mayurdavda
In our previous episode we discussed how clinical photography could help in the growth of a private practice. However, if you are a medical or dental student listen to this episode till the end
In this episode we will discuss how clinical photography or documentation can help a student stand out of the crowd.
But before that we will discuss WHEN a student must start documentation?
A student must start documentation from the first year of medical or dental college even if it is non clinical.
When you systematically record all preclinical work
and keep a record of all images topic wise or subject wise
it will be easy for you to refer to it during exams.
Do not underestimate the use of images because they will help you in many ways.
I remember I used to be bad in histology. But I had taken images of all the slides through the microscope.
The most useful images were of the gross slides.
I know this is cheating but
every slide had some unique mark on it for example the slide of gnarled enamel was broken from 1 corner in a unique wavy pattern.
So during spotting exams I used to take a look at all slides gross images during my preparations.
During exam even before I looked through the microscope I knew
what the slide was about.
So in a way the gross side images helped me reinforce that I was right.
The staff obviously outsmarted us by keeping a complete new set of slides which we had never seen before.
Has this every happened to you as well?
I'm not saying that we must depend completely on the gross slide appearance . Please dont get me wrong…
So I hope you can understand that documentation can be helpful even if you are in the 1st year of your graduate program.
Let us now discuss the various ways in which documentation can help you as a student in medical / dental field.
Images of specimens - I remember during the dissection it was very difficult to see all the nerves / blood vessels clearly cause of a large number of people. If you take images while you learn it will not only help you but even your colleagues. Teach your friends Meme when friends teach …
Demo videos of procedures during bio chemistry or physiology or even how to give anesthesia etc Remember you dont have to be perfect and edit for high end videos. Content is king so do not worry about video presentation at least during the initial stages.
If you are allowed to you can take images during surgeries please do that. Its gonna be extremely helpful. Make sure you follow all aseptic procedures. We have a video on how to maintain asepsis while documenting a surgery on our YouTube channel DPS
You can check out the link in this episodes description
You can maintain a Blog of your journey in the medical / dental field. You can do that on insta or YT and you can get really famous for that if you are consistent with what you post.
Thesis seminars & other literary work Publications in Text / articles
Paper presentations + posters & apply for competitions
There is a clear educational benefit of multimedia educational presentations.
Called by staff / PG students for documentation .It can have its own benefits . They will help you in return. The college will be proud of you. I have seen this article and I believe you must read it too.
Its published as "Medical School Reaps the Benefits of Student’s Passion for Photography” The student in this article is Dr. Chea who was in the 2nd year at the University of Connecticut when the article was published. He loves to do photography and he made his university proud.
You could be hired to document cases. Believe me if you wont get paid someone else will.. So just go for it Cause general photographers dont know much and they are not as good as you. It could be a good Source of income & may be you can Pay ur own fees or just get some extra money for spending.
Applying for a job as an evidence of work you have done . Images of patients / x rays. I just did a survey about the recent scenarios in employment in dentistry. In that 36% dentist agreed to pay more than the average salary if the applicant knew how to do clinical photography. How important is that??? So even after you finish graduation or post grad this can be an asset to get you a good source of income. I Myself have referred my course delegates to many clinicians who wanted someone to document their operative cases. Believe me they earned a good amount of money in that.
Grow into wildlife / portrait / food / wedding
Drones niche
Make a video for your own college
Intercollege photography competitions
Get famous !!

Link for contest https://linktr.ee/mayurdavda
(Please note the question for the contest this week is the same as the previous one cause no one could answer it correctly. Was the question so tough? ;)
I do a lot of photography in my practice.
For people who are unaware I have a 10 year old practice in Mumbai.
I have used photography quite a lot to educate my patients & leverage my practice. In this episode I will speak about how photography has become an indispensable part of my practice.
I will also share some useful tips on how you can grow your practice & get more work done in less time using photography.
So stay tuned till the end of this show!!
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LINK FOR CONTEST https://forms.gle/WArEE1J7mjJhgsSQAClinical photography is not restricted to cases alone especially in my fieldthat's dentistry. We do a lot of work taking help of labs andwe do send them intra oral images. The ceramists are fine...