Tips for emailing x-rays and taking oral photographs
Digital images: Via Digital Camera or Webcam
For front teeth:
Have your upper and lower teeth just touching and then smile. This action gives us an excellent view of your teeth in an occluded position.Then Place the thumbs under each side of your upper lip and pull up to reveal teeth and gum's. Repeat for lower.
For rear teeth:
Hold camera at around 45 degrees to your lower or upper palette and around 12 inches or 30 cm from your mouth. Outside in natural light tends to give the best result. Feel free to send us as many image as you like...the more the merrier.
Email X-rays
This can be tricky as they don't tent too scan well. However we have devised the below methods that works excellently.
Method 1
Hold X-ray up to a florescent light and simply take a picture with a digital camera making sure the camera flash is off . Upload it to your computer Then attach to email and send.
Method 2
Place or tape the X-Ray onto your computer monitor making sure you have a white background (blank word document is ideal) and take an image with a digital camera or web cam and attach to an email.Make sure the flash is off.This gives a much better result than scanning which tends to give a result that is too dark.
Dental Implants. If you cannot supply us with x-rays then we advise that you first seek a local opinion as to your suitability for dental implants.If your dentist already has your x-rays on file then please advise them you are seeking a second opinion and ask them to email the x-rays in file format to admin@dentalexpress.com.au
Please email the team at Dental Express with your questions We have been taking care of international patients for six years.
