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13th Annual Smile Gallery Competition
For the 13th consecutive year, AACD will host the National Smile Gallery Competition. This prestigious competition showcases AACD members’ clinical skills in cosmetic dentistry in a variety of categories and highlights the dramatic effects of cosmetic dentistry at their finest. All entries are judged by an anonymous panel of Accredited AACD members, and conference attendees can vote on the People’s Choice Award. Entries can be viewed in the Exhibition Hall throughout the week, but only the winning entries will be displayed at the President’s Dinner Dance on the final night of the meeting. For more information about submitting your cases to the Smile Gallery competition, contact Carol Schwickrath, AACD Exhibits Coordinator, at carols@aacd.com.
Purpose
The Smile Gallery Competition is an AACD event organized to provide intelligent and constructive comments to the Competitor to foster their growth and development in the
art and science of cosmetic dentistry.
Please ensure you reivew the 'Presentation of Entries' section and submit all the required views.
Cases to be judged are to be entered under one of the following new categories:
I Designer Showcase: A Celebration of Enhanced Smiles
In this category, multiple restorations are usd to improve a patient's smile.
1. Indirect Restoration
2. Direct Restorations
3. Missing Anterior Tooth Restorations – Bridge or Implant
II Signature Showcase: Fooling The Eye
In this category, the restoration(s) intend to mimic nature.
1. Single Unit Anterior or Posterior Esthetics – Crowns, Onlays, Bridges, Implants
2. Special Effects
III Portrait Showcase: Ready for the Close-up
Competitors are invited to submit examples of portrait-style photographs that they themselves have taken of their patients. They will be judged on the quality of their photography and the esthetics of their composition. No photographs are to be submitted except those taken by the dentist or the ceramist. Included with the entry form should be a paragraph about the type of media used (the equipment, film type, etc.) and the lighting utilized so that we all can learn and benefit. Any size, any type, any orientation is acceptable but no post-production manipulation (air-brushing, digital enhancements, etc.) is allowed.
The Smile Gallery Competition is not meant to be substitute for the Accreditation review process. The participation in, or the winning of awards in this competition in no way insures successful completion of the Accreditation program.
Due to the increasing popularity of this event, a limit of five entries per Showcase will be accepted.
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Presentation of Entries
This competition is to be a celebration of the competitors' work, but be thoughtful of the judges. It is easier to be precise and fair when the quality of the photography is excellent and standardized views are presented. Due to the increasing popularity of this event, a limit of five entries per Showcase will be accepted from each competitor.
Please provide the following 4x6 prints:
Designer Showcase:
- Before and After headshots at 1:10 - 'Glam' after views OK
- Before and After smiles at 1:2
- Before and After retracted views at 1:2
Signature Showcase:
- Before and After headshots at 1:10 - 'Glam' after views OK
- Before and After smiles at 1:2
- Before and After retracted views at 1:2
- 1 or 2 views that demonstrate necessary lab work or other items of interest.
Portrait Showcase:
- Before and After Headshots (any size or orientation)
A short description can be included to better inform the viewer of the particulars of the case. This is most appropriate for the 'Portrait Showcase,' as it is meant to help all of us improve our photography.
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Awards are presented as follows:
Both the dentist and the ceramist will be awarded in cases involving indirect work.
This system allows for multiple awards to be presented based on the merits of the individual cases. For example, in any one showcase, three gold medals, six silver medals and eighteen bronze medals may be awarded depending on the quality of the competitor's cases.
The Steward in charge of the event will coordinate the efforts of the competition judges, tabulate the results and present the awards where appropriate. This should occur the day before the President's Dinner Dance and the winners are encouraged to wear their medals to that event. The awards shall be under the control of the AACD Executive Office and will not be presented except by their authority. It is expected that the nature of these awards will change with time, and that these changes will occur at the discretion of the Executive Office.
After the competition, the Steward will ensure that names of non-medal winners are not made public. Scores of the individual cases should NEVER be published. The Steward will ensure that any lists published on the internet or elsewhere contain names and awards only. It is important that private information such as addresses and phone numbers not be made public. The competitor must submit an ENTRY FORM along with the cases. The cases, completed entry form, and entry fees must be received by the AACD Executive Office by the deadline date of April 1, 2007.
The competition is open to all AACD members in good standing who attend the Annual Scientific Session. The competitor may enter up to five entries per showcase. A competitor may not be a judge of any category that he or she has entered. All entries become property of the AACD.
Judging of the cases will be based on a points system. A total of 20 points can be awarded from five separate divisions for the cases entered under the Designer Showcase and a total of twelve points from four separate divisions can be awarded for the Signature and Portrait Showcase cases.
A pair of anonymous judges selected from Accredited Members will review each case in the Designer and Signature Showcases together and award a point score between them. A qualified graphic artist / photographer is invited each year to judge the Portrait Showcase. The Judges are to provide brief but intelligent and constructive comments on their score sheets, which will be mailed to competitors after the convention. The identities of the judges will not be revealed at any time to the competitors.
Competitors enter this event in part to improve their skills. They want to know why their cases have scored as they have, particularly when the scores are low. Judges are asked to pinpoint as accurately as they can why they have assigned the score they have, especially when the score is not high.
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For more information...
If you have any questions regarding the 13th Annual AACD National Smile Gallery Competition, please contact the AACD Executive Office at 800-543-9220 or e-mail Carol Schwickrath at carols@aacd.com.
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