Why should a dentist illustrate or annotate patient images by hand or tablet before the case presentation? Because well-chosen visual annotations dramatically lift the patient's understanding of what is wrong and what needs to be done about it. The doctor takes the patient's photos and radiographs, then adds arrows, circles, brief labels, and highlights that direct attention to the specific anatomical features the treatment plan addresses. The annotations can be done digitally on a graphical tablet or by hand on a printed copy that gets scanned back into digital format. The goal is not artistic. It is communicative. The patient looking [...]

Why should a dentist illustrate or annotate patient images by hand or tablet before the case presentation? Because well-chosen visual annotations dramatically lift the patient's understanding of what is wrong and what needs to be done about it. The doctor takes the patient's photos and radiographs, then adds arrows, circles, brief labels, and highlights that direct attention to the specific anatomical features the treatment plan addresses. The annotations can be done digitally on a graphical tablet or by hand on a printed copy that gets scanned back into digital format. The goal is not artistic. It is communicative. The patient looking [...]

Why should a dentist illustrate or annotate patient images by hand or tablet before the case presentation? Because well-chosen visual annotations dramatically lift the patient's understanding of what is wrong and what needs to be done about it. The doctor takes the patient's photos and radiographs, then adds arrows, circles, brief labels, and highlights that direct attention to the specific anatomical features the treatment plan addresses. The annotations can be done digitally on a graphical tablet or by hand on a printed copy that gets scanned back into digital format. The goal is not artistic. It is communicative. The patient looking [...]