Patent ID: 7033172
Filing Date: 2006-04-25
Classification: A61C

Abstract:
1. A method of taking full frontal face and side head and face dental photographs comprising: providing a digital camera having a rectangular electronic display; providing a line pattern superimposed on said display, said line pattern including a horizontally centered horizontal line extending substantially the width of said display, a short vertical line intersecting said horizontal line at its midpoint and left and right long vertical lines intersecting said horizontal line at substantially ¼ of the display width distance respectively from the left and right sides of said display; framing the full frontal dental set of an individual by locating the sides of the face at said left and right vertical lines and the nose at said short vertical line at the center of said horizontal line and taking a photograph; framing the dental set at the side of the face and head of an individual by locating the front and rear of said head at said left and right vertical lines, and by locating just in front of said ear at said short vertical line and taking a photograph; and wherein proper distance, angles, and framing for said dental photographs of the individual at a magnification ratio of “1:10” is facilitated wherein the full frontal dental set of a closed mouth is photographed after it is framed by locating the short vertical line at the center of the dental set and aligning said horizontal line with the line between the upper and lower sets of teeth and wherein the left and right lateral view of the full set of teeth is framed by aligning said horizontal line with a line between the upper and lower sets of teeth and locating one of said left or right vertical lines at the outer end of said upper and lower sets of teeth; wherein proper distance, angles, and framing for said dental photographs of the individual at a magnification ratio of “1:2” is facilitated.