Review

Dental Photography

Volume: 12 Number: 3 December 29, 2025
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Dental Photography

Abstract

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 laboratory. Thus, the use of dental photography has become increasingly widespread and has become an indispensable part of modern dentistry.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Paedodontics

Journal Section

Review

Publication Date

December 29, 2025

Submission Date

February 12, 2025

Acceptance Date

April 18, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 12 Number: 3

APA
Şahin, M., & Doğan, S. (2025). Dental Photography. Selcuk Dental Journal, 12(3), 488-498. https://doi.org/10.15311/selcukdentj.1637849
AMA
1.Şahin M, Doğan S. Dental Photography. Selcuk Dent J. 2025;12(3):488-498. doi:10.15311/selcukdentj.1637849
Chicago
Şahin, Meryem, and Sercan Doğan. 2025. “Dental Photography”. Selcuk Dental Journal 12 (3): 488-98. https://doi.org/10.15311/selcukdentj.1637849.
EndNote
Şahin M, Doğan S (December 1, 2025) Dental Photography. Selcuk Dental Journal 12 3 488–498.
IEEE
[1]M. Şahin and S. Doğan, “Dental Photography”, Selcuk Dent J, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 488–498, Dec. 2025, doi: 10.15311/selcukdentj.1637849.
ISNAD
Şahin, Meryem - Doğan, Sercan. “Dental Photography”. Selcuk Dental Journal 12/3 (December 1, 2025): 488-498. https://doi.org/10.15311/selcukdentj.1637849.
JAMA
1.Şahin M, Doğan S. Dental Photography. Selcuk Dent J. 2025;12:488–498.
MLA
Şahin, Meryem, and Sercan Doğan. “Dental Photography”. Selcuk Dental Journal, vol. 12, no. 3, Dec. 2025, pp. 488-9, doi:10.15311/selcukdentj.1637849.
Vancouver
1.Meryem Şahin, Sercan Doğan. Dental Photography. Selcuk Dent J. 2025 Dec. 1;12(3):488-9. doi:10.15311/selcukdentj.1637849

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