Magic of Dental Photography

From Blurry to Brilliant

Master the art of professional dental photography with a hands-on course designed for dentists and dental professionals. Learn to capture sharp, detailed images that enhance case documentation, improve patient communication, and supercharge your marketing.

“Fantastic course! It truly has helped me to come on leaps and bounds and has motivated me to make photography a part of my everyday practice”

Discover expert techniques for lighting, camera settings, and composition—customised for the unique demands of dental photography. Whether you're aiming to upgrade clinical records, build stunning before-and-after portfolios, or grow your online presence, this course gives you the skills to create images that truly speak for themselves.

To ensure you learn with the best tools in the industry, we provide state-of-the-art Sony Alpha camera equipment—trusted worldwide for its exceptional image quality and reliability.

  • Clinical Photography

    An introduction to clinical photography, including aims, basic functions, optimal settings and process of record an image in context of dentistry.

  • Intraoral Photography

    Explore and practice the use of essential tools such as focus peaking, white balance, push-and-pull manual focus and efficient retraction and workflow.

  • Extraoral Photography

    Learn and apply techniques of extraoral photography, including portraiture lighting, composition and workflows.

  • Matisse

    Demystify the process of recording images for optimum shade analysis and industry-leading protocols, such as Matisse.

  • Portfolio Review

    Bring your clinical photography work and receive 1-to-1 feedback, clinical tips and additional guidance on optimising your technical set-up.

  • Equipment Guidance

    Unsure what to buy? This course will provide in-depth information on the best camera set-ups for clinical photography in the mirrorless age.

Learning Outcomes

  • Theory

    • Confidently understand SLR and mirrorless cameras for dental photography

    • Set up and optimise clinical photography equipment and accessories

    • Capture consistent, standardised clinical and portrait images

    Live Demos & Hands on exercises

    • Camera set-up & file management

    • Clinical photography standardised settings

    • 12 standardised views

    • Anteriors

  • Theory

    • Streamline an efficient photography workflow

    • Enhance images using more advanced techniques

    • Advanced portraiture and lighting techniques

    • Accurately capture Matisse images to share with your technician

    • Recording the key images imperative for smile design and discussing various approaches

    • Present clear, professional clinical cases, workflows and portfolio.

    Live Demos

    • Clinical portraiture, including on camera and off camera lighting

    • Matisse images using calibration card and cross-polarisation filter

    • Transillumination images

    • Posteriors

    • Creatives

7 Hours Verifiable CPD

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“If you want a photography course which distils this complicated subject into a manageable and quickly implementable protocol, Ash’s course is the one.”

  • This course is suitable for dentists and all other dental care professionals (DCPs) such dental nurses, dental hygienists, dental therapists and dental technicians, clinical dental technicians and orthodontic therapists.

  • This course provides insights, techniques and skills that will immediately elevate your clinical practice. The course is CPD approved and you will receive a certificate of completion from The Magic of Dentistry.

  • Yes, this course is CPD certified and, therefore, counts towards your required CDP hours. You will receive a certificate upon completion of the course.

  • Course fees will cover cost of: tuition, course materials, lunch and refreshments and certificates. It does not include accommodation, relevant personal insurance or evening meals. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to join the post course WhatsApp networking and support group that are closely monitored by Dr. Ash.

  • We highly recommend that you bring your own clinical photography set-up to this course as we can help you customise it for clinical use. It may also be beneficial to bring your personal laptop.

  • No, you will not be asked to purchase anything before or after the course. The Magic of Dental Photography course is independently run meaning Dr. Ash will give his unbiased opinion on any materials or camera equipment discussed during the course. You will however, be given an equipment list of items Dr. Ash used in his clinical practice. Some exclusive discounts are available from our course collaborates, each of whom have been carefully chosen to support this course.

  • Cancellations received less than 60 calendar days prior to the course date will not qualify for any refund regardless of the booking date. If we are able to transfer the course place to another paying delegate then a full refund will be granted less an admin fee which equates to 10% of the total course fee.