How to Automate an Orthodontic Photography Workflow

Once: configure the practice output

Choose the watched folder or SD card, destination, filename rules, and photo order. Decide where original files should be backed up. The setup should reflect how the practice actually uses its documentation.

For each patient: add the QR frame

Display or print the patient's QR code and photograph it as the first frame in the series. SmileCrop uses it to assign the following photos to the correct patient. This is the genuine new step in the process — short but important.

Then: take the standard series

After the QR frame, take the normal intraoral and extraoral documentation series in your usual order. A new camera is not required. Consistent angles, exposure, and retractor placement help any automated system.

After capture: processing and review

SmileCrop can watch the source, recognise supported photo types, crop and orient them, create file names, and save them in the patient folder. Review uncertain or non-standard images and correct them inside the app where needed.

What actually changes?

The application needs one initial configuration. Every series gains a first QR frame. In return, manual copying, recognition, cropping, renaming, and sorting are removed or substantially reduced. Read more about SD-card automation and local processing.