Jejune diagnostic aid: photography in orthodontics

For more than 170 years, silver halide films form the back bone of photography, eventually being replaced by film less photography, pictures on a chip, or call it by any name but this is the new phenomenon of technology. Applications of photography is popularizing in dental practice as it is simple, quick and includes self-checking of one’s own results, illustration of lectures and publications, marketing and accomplishing electronic tele dental systems. Every practicing orthodontist should master the vital skill of clinical orthodontic photography to be successful at clinical diagnosis, treatment planning and case documentation in modern Orthodontics and General Dentistry.