When should I take a smile preview photo for a cosmetic patient? At the very first visit, even if it is a free or low-cost consultation. Do not wait. The moment you identify an aesthetic patient, get a digital full-face photo so you can build a smile preview for them. Here is why timing matters so much. Patients do not lie awake thinking about bone grafts and abutments. They care about one thing: how it is going to look. The preview gives them that, and it becomes the hook that pulls them back for diagnostics. Tell them, at your next visit [...]