Clinical photography, filed
Guided dental photo series on an iPad — filed to Drive and the chart before the patient leaves the room.
ClinicalFrame walks an assistant through the standard extraoral series, the AACD 12-view set, or the ABOI Diplomate views one shot at a time, with a framing guide over the live view. Every photo is named, uploaded to the practice's Google Drive and filed into the patient's Open Dental chart automatically.
In daily use at one practice · not yet available to others
Shot by shot
Pick a workflow and the app steps through each view with the patient instruction and a short checklist — head level, ears symmetric, no blink. A silhouette guide sits over the live view so every visit is framed the same way.
Nothing to rename
Photos are named Patient_Date_##_View and upload as you shoot, one folder per patient and visit. Originals stay on the iPad until you delete them, so a Wi-Fi drop never loses a shot.
Built for Open Dental
Today's schedule appears on the home screen. Tap the patient and the name and chart number fill in; each photo files into the Images module and a one-line note lands in the Comm Log.
Video too
Phonetics, smile dynamics, testimonials and marketing B-roll are workflows like any other — tap to record, review, keep or re-record.
Where it stands
ClinicalFrame was built by a full-arch implant practice for its own photo protocol and is in daily use there. It shoots with the iPad's camera today; tethering to a Canon EOS body over USB-C is in testing. It is not yet on the App Store and is not offered to other practices at this time.
The app has no servers of its own. Photos travel from the iPad to the practice's own Google Drive and Open Dental system and nowhere else — see the privacy policy for exactly what it handles.
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