Why should a dental Case Report be printed in full color rather than black-and-white? Because the visual impact of color photographs and imaging carries most of the document's persuasive power, and black-and-white prints reduce that impact substantially. The Case Report relies on the patient seeing their own teeth, their Digital Smile Preview, and example before-and-after cases in realistic detail. Skin tone, gum color, tooth shade, and the visual quality of a proposed restoration all communicate through color. A grayscale version flattens these into abstractions that the patient processes less viscerally. Modern in-office laser and color-ink printing has reached the point where [...]