Should I use patient photos in my big case treatment presentation?
Yes, and use the same photos in two places. Put simple cropped images with plain illustrations in the written report, and put those exact same images into the PowerPoint you project for the patient. A picture of their own mouth, marked up in language they understand, does more than a paragraph of clinical jargon ever will. It makes the problem real and the plan concrete. Do not burn hours making these museum quality. However you get the image into digital form, a tablet, a stylus, a printed photo the doctor draws on and the staff scans back in, none of that matters. What matters is that it is clearly illustrated and usable. Be efficient. The patient is not grading your graphic design. They are trying to see their own situation clearly enough to say yes.
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