scope:

The focus of this Technical Report is to provide basic information on the use of digital photography in dentistry and to help facilitate: 1). The appropriate selection of the necessary equipment; 2). Consistent communication between concerned parties with and interoperability of digital images and the information the contained therein. The information provided will address the digital imaging needs of the various dental specialties, the general dental practitioner, other health care providers, the patient and any interested third parties such as insurance carriers, prosthetic and pathology laboratories. These discussions take into consideration the interoperability requirements to insure proper identification, exporting and importing of the image and database management of the image. To capture a quality digital image is not enough- the image has to have proper and standardized labeling of what it contains (the structures that are visible in the image) and the necessary DICOM descriptors of what, how and when it was captured. ADA1029-2004D