The March issue of the Journal of the California Dental Association covers digital photographic technology.

History and Current Use of Clinical Photography in Orthodontics
Photography provides the orthodontist with the ability to record patient data in a unique and standardized way. Its value in diagnosing and treatment planning decisions is discussed.
Donna L. Galante, DMD

Clinical Digital Photography Today: Integral to Efficient Dental Communications
An introduction to digital photographic technology.
Robert Shorey, DDS, and Kenneth E. Moore, DDS

Clinical Digital Photography: Implementation of Clinical Photography for Everyday Practice
Clinical photography can provide diagnostic information that is easily recognized and understood by both professionals and laypersons. This paper includes the authors’ top 10 recommendations for those choosing to introduce clinical photography into their daily practice.
Robert Shorey, DDS, and Kenneth Moore, DDS

Assessing and Achieving Accuracy in Digital Dental Photography
The principles of dental photography, their criteria, and their interrelation as they pertain to intraoral photography with a digital single-lens reflex camera in dental imaging applications are explored.
Stephen R. Snow, DDS

Three-D Surface Imaging of the Face
Accuracy, precision, quality and simplicity are goals of diagnostic 3-D surface imaging of the face.
This article discusses 3-D surface imaging of the face and selected clinical applications that add value to the image data.
David C. Hatcher, DDS, MSc, and Craig Dial, DRT

Technical Analysis of Clinical Digital Photographs
This article utilizes a series of images that can easily be captured preceding patient treatment by utilizing a clinical digital camera and will show the information gained from the use of a series of clinical photos. 
Daniel R. Llop, CDT

The Editor/
When Good Ideas Go Bad
By Kerry K. Carney, DDS

Impressions/

Dr. Bob/
Personal Trainer
By Robert E. Horseman, DDS

CDA Presents/
CDA Presents The Art and Science of Dentistry Abstracts

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