Training

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On-Site Staff Training - We Come to You!

Approximately 2 hours of hands-on training just for your staff and your needs. Includes - but not limited to - basic digital camera and flash use, intraoral photo techniques, using mirrors, retractors, and contrastors, extraoral and portrait photos. All staff members are welcome!

Cost: $895 per office

GENERAL INTRAORAL PHOTO TECHNIQUES - Here you will learn how to consistently make sharp, color-accurate intraoral photos, using retractors and mirrors. A complete overview of the equipment used, new technologies, exposure & composition technique. Essential for: Patient Education Treatment Documentation Peer-to-peer communication

SHADE-MATCHING PHOTOGRAPHY - This is an essential skill for all dentists who are sending digital images to the dental lab to color-match crowns and veneers.

• Camera and lighting systems
• Exposure and composing technique
• How to use shade tabs and neutralization patches
• Effective communication with your lab

Included will be an overview of:

• Color theory
• Controlling ambient light in the opertory
• Color-calibrating the computer monitor

AACD CERTIFICATION PHOTOS - Board certification with the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry requires you to submit a specific and precisely made series of digital photographs documenting the treatment and outcome of a case study.

In this workshop, you will learn what photos are required, and how to successfully make them using the appropriate equipment and proper technique.

DIGITAL WORKFLOW - This workshop answers the question: I've taken all the pictures I need….now what?

We'll show different ways to get your digital pictures from your camera to your computer, and then to your printer

COLOR CALIBRATION - Find out just how easy it is to color-calibrate your computer monitor!

If you are making adjustments to your digital images prior to sending them on to the dental lab, then having a color-calibrated monitor is absolutely essential. There are no short-cuts. Plus, a regularly color-calibrated monitor makes color management and printing a much easier process!

USING YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA OUTSIDE THE OFFICE! - Since you now have this brand-new digital camera, wouldn't it great to get some photo tips from the pro's?

We'll show you the many creative ways to use your camera recreationally - On vacation……traveling the world……at sporting events…or just playing with the kids in your yard!

This recreational, non-CE seminar is usually offered as part of a two-day program or other special event.

ADVANCED PORTRAIT LIGHTING - Let your photography take on a whole new dimension.

The camera you already own will allow you to make beautiful studio portraits that you'll be proud to display. The difference is mostly some additional lighting equipment and understanding how to use it.

This is an ideal way to showcase your practice! Sophisticated portrait techniques are not difficult to master and good studio lighting and equipment is easily affordable.

Dave Hutt has been counseling and training portrait photographers for more than twenty years, and offers this special package to dentists exclusively through DMD:

• on-site consulting: he'll look at your facilities and make recommendations for set-up options and equipment purchase
  
  
• studio set-up assistance: once you have your new equipment, Dave will assist with setting it up and making sure it's working properly
  
  
• complete portrait training workshop: using your new equipment, Dave will give you a lighting and posing workshop that will amaze you!
  
  

Total price: $495