A new dental digital camera from Eastman Kodak Company combines state-of-the-art technology with innovative image capture tools, making it easier than ever to integrate digital photography into the dental practice.
The Kodak DX4900 Dental Digital Camera Kit, featuring the Kodak EasyShare Camera Dock, is designed to provide dentists with an easy, cost-effective way to create high-quality, prints of dental images, including clinical views of teeth as well as patient portraits.
“With this camera, Kodak gives dental professionals a way to produce quality digital prints in only a few simple steps,” said Gerald Beckler, worldwide digital product line manager, Kodak’s dental business. “Pair it with our Kodak DMI Inkjet Paper for Dental Imaging, a medical-grade photographic-quality paper, and even novice photographers can quickly produce eye-catching prints that conform to accredited standards for case documentation.”
The Kodak DX4900 Dental Digital Camera Kit features a compact 4.0 megapixel resolution 6X zoom digital camera. The camera is equipped with sophisticated color management software for excellent rendition of patient tooth and gum color. The kit also comes with the Kodak EasyShare Camera Dock. This device automates the uploading of digital pictures to computer workstations and it recharges the camera batteries.
To make producing quality dental prints simple and easy, the Kodak DX4900 Kit includes a number of innovative features specific to dental photography, including:
A distance guide and positioning grid that eliminate the guesswork during shot set-up. The distance guide uses icons to indicate the distance and magnification required for each of the 12 standard dental views. The positioning grid on the camera’s LCD screen helps ensure that photographers properly align and center each shot. The Kodak Dental Close-up Lens, a customized macro lens for dentistry permitting close-up views of patients’ teeth. A simple, easy to follow dental photography how-to guide to help users of any skill level to quickly master basic camera functions. On initial shipment, the camera is pre-staged and set up for dental photography. If changes are made for non-dental picture taking, they can easily be restored to dental photography settings. The kit also includes Kodak Picture Software for editing, managing and sharing digital photographs, rechargeable batteries, USB and video out cables and two removable CompactFlash memory cards. The Kodak DX4900 Kit comes with a one-year professional warranty that includes advance unit replacement.
The Kodak DX4900 Dental Digital Camera Kit is now available in the United States and Canada. For more information, dental professionals can log onto Kodak’s dental website at www.kodak.com/go/dental or call 800-933-8031.
Kodak DMI Inkjet Paper for Dental Imaging is available through leading dental products suppliers.
About Kodak’s Dental Business
Kodak’s dental business is a leading participant in infoimaging, a $225 billion industry created by the convergence of image-and-information technology. The business develops, manufactures and markets imaging capture and output solutions for dental practitioners, including intraoral and extraoral dental imaging films and processing chemistry; medical inkjet printers, inks and papers; 35 mm photographic films, digital cameras, printers and accessories for dental applications; Cook Waite brand local anesthetics; and a variety of related products and services. Infoimaging unites three closely related imaging markets that enable people to more easily take and share images as information: devices, such as digital cameras and medical inkjet printers; infrastructure, such as networks; and services and media, such as medical grade inkjet paper. For more information about Kodak’s dental business call 800-933-8031 or visit Kodak’s Health Imaging Dental Products Group website at www.kodak.com/go/dental. For technical questions about any Kodak dental product, you can also call (U.S.) 800-933-8031 or your regional Kodak products representative.
(Note: Kodak, EasyShare and Cook-Waite are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company. Eastman Kodak Company is an authorized licensee of the CompactFlash trademark.)