Creating a before-and-after

Making a before-and-after takes two photos of the same patient and a couple of taps. The app lines them up behind a draggable handle and saves the result to your Library, ready to share.

How to use it

1. Open Before & After and start a new before-and-after.
2. Add your before photo — upload it, or pick it from your Library.
3. Add your after photo — upload it, or pull a polished Photo Studio result from your Library.
4. Choose whose case it is so the patient’s permission travels with the pair.
5. Drag the handle to check the alignment looks right, then Save — it’s added to your Library automatically.

Heads up

A before-and-after of an identifiable patient needs that patient’s recorded permission before it can be shared, scheduled, or published — and the studio blocks sharing until that permission is on file. Building it as a private record is always fine; what’s gated is sending it out. Link the patient now so their permission is attached from the start.

Getting a clean pair

Before-and-afters read best when the two photos match — same angle, same distance, same framing. Shoot both the way the photo protocol describes: same chair, same light, same distance. The difference should read as the treatment, not the camera. The studio only ever evens out lighting identically on both sides — it never alters the teeth.

Worked example

Dr. Nok’s hygienist captures a whitening case the way the protocol describes — a before photo at the consult, an after photo at the review visit, both from the same angle under the same chair light. The practice manager opens Before & After, adds the before, adds the after, picks the patient so their permission is linked, drags the handle to confirm the smile lines up on both sides, and saves. The whole thing takes under a minute — and because the patient’s permission is on file, it’s ready to share when she is.

Related

• Overview — what a before-and-after is and when to use one.
• Sharing — post or download it, with the patient-permission rule.