4 Lens "Positions" for Dental Pictures with the Canon 100mm macro

In dentistry, there will typically be 4 "types" of pictures that you will take, regardless of the purposes for which you take them.  They are:

1. The Full Face/Portrait
2. Full Smile/Retracted Smile or Full Arch
   
3. Quadrant
4. Single-tooth (not very often except for endo)

When shooting each of these, I have found that there are certain "positions" of the Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens that approximate these consistently and easily.  Remember: DO NOT HAVE EITHER YOUR LENS OR CAMERA ON AUTO; BOTH SHOULD BE ON MANUAL AND MANUAL FOCUS.  To make it nice and easy, check out these pictures, then download the "Cheat Sheet" for use in your office.

For a FULL FACE/PORTRAIT, position the lens like this:




For a FULL/RETRACTED SMILE and FULL ARCH:



For a QUADRANT or 1:2 Picture:



For a SINGLE-TOOTH:



I'll soon have an equivalent set of pictures for the Canon 60mm f/2.8 macro lens, and eventually for Nikon and Sigma lenses.