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churin - 02 Jul 2008 23:10 GMT

During my recent visit to my dentist he took pictures of my teeth. I do
not mean Xray picture but ordinary colour picture. I wonder if there is
one available for consumer use. I remember having seen something like
this in a mail order catalogue while traveling in an airliner but do not
remember name of the vendor.

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Bill - 05 Jul 2008 05:46 GMT

> During my recent visit to my dentist he took pictures of my teeth. I do
> not mean Xray picture but ordinary colour picture. I wonder if there is
> one available for consumer use. I remember having seen something like
> this in a mail order catalogue while traveling in an airliner but do not
> remember name of the vendor.

There are several big-name dental camera vendors. Most simply adapt
consumer cameras for dental use by adding flash diffusers and/or lens
attachments for close-up work.

In my own practice, I just use off-the-shelf consumer digital cameras.
There are many models which can "stop down" the built-in flash for
close subjects.

For precise pictures, and ease of use, you can't beat the modified
digital cameras offered by dental-specific vendors. (A Web search
should find them.) But as I am not an international lecturer who needs
huge PowerPoint presentations, the consumer digital cameras save a
heck of a lot of money and fit my needs just fine.

see: http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=adnlon&s=3

- dentaldoc

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George - 06 Jul 2008 00:05 GMT

A good SLR camera withthe correct setup and a ring flash will probably
accomplish what you want to do and these are available in the general
market. You will also need a set of intraoral mirrors and cheek/lip
retractors, which could be obtained through a dental supplier.

Regards,
George

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churin - 06 Jul 2008 02:29 GMT

Thanks, Bill and George for your responses.
Limitation of using ordinary camera is that shooting pictures can only
be done from outside of mouse. The camera I am referring to is one which
is physically small so that it can take a picture of molar's top or side
view. I think lighting is done by LED which is integrated in the camera.

>> During my recent visit to my dentist he took pictures of my teeth. I do
>> not mean Xray picture but ordinary colour picture. I wonder if there is
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> Regards,
> George

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Bill - 07 Jul 2008 05:55 GMT

That sounds like an intraoral video camera.

Most intraoral video cameras are wand-shaped, about the size of a
toothbrush.

Most such video cameras also allow the operator to freeze a frame, and
thus take a still picture.

The originals back in the 1990's were connected to a TV screen, so you
could watch a "tour" of the oral structures. The hardware was soon
adapted to allow recording on a VCR video tape (remember the old days
of VCR's?).

With the advancement of technology, today those intraoral video
cameras can connect to a personal computer and record video and still
pictures in computer-file format, as opposed to the old analog VCR
format.

In the early 1990's the intraoral video camera was the latest
technology, but lately, I have attended lectures in which the
lecturers have stopped using such video cameras in their offices in
favor of modern dental digital still cameras.

Isn't it interesting how personal preferences can change with the
addition of new technology?

- dentaldoc
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