Earns the patient who is scared
Roughly 36% of US adults delay care due to dental anxiety. A warm, smile-visible photo defuses what stock photos reinforce.
Dentist headshots
The team page outranks every other page on your dental site. Dentist headshots for general dentists, orthodontists, pediatric, and the whole practice team.
Scheduling 12 staff for the same team photo day is the recurring practice nightmare. Upload 10 selfies per person. Get a consistent team grid in under 90 minutes, ready for Healthgrades, Zocdoc, and the ADA member locator.
Built by Joshua Albanese · 18+ years behind the lens · 15,000+ studio sessions · Aurawave AI
- ★ 4.8 stars on Trustpilot
- 15,000+ studio sessions
- Under 90 minutes
- Plain-language redo policy
Before and after
Before and after
Real customer uploads on the left. Aurawave dentist outputs on the right. Same person, calm and approachable for the patient who is scared of the visit.
Samples
Sample dentist headshots
White coats for dentists. Scrubs for hygienists and assistants. Warm-tone for pediatric practices. Consistent across every staff member.
How it works
How it works
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Upload 10 selfies per staff member
Phone photos are fine. Mix the angles, taken in the last year.
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The AI grades and curates every output
The Intelligence Engine scores each shot against a photographer's checklist and kills the failures.
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Get the team grid in under 90 minutes
Ready for the practice website, Healthgrades, Zocdoc, and the ADA member locator.
Why this matters
Why your dental team grid is the marketing asset that earns the new patient
The team page outperforms the home page for new-patient conversion, per Dental Economics.
Consistent across the practice
Same lighting and crop across 8 to 15 staff. Turnover stops breaking the Meet the Team page.
Every dental destination
Healthgrades, Zocdoc, the ADA member locator, GBP, insurance panels.
The difference
What makes this different
Looks like you
Same hair, skin tone, and age. Photos that miss get killed before delivery.
Curated, not dumped on you
Other tools dump 100 photos on you. The engine grades, kills failures, and regenerates. You receive the keepers.
A photographer's eye, built in
The checklist grades lighting, eyes, sharpness, and identity match on every shot.
Compare
Aurawave vs. hiring a dental team photographer
A traditional dental team session costs $1,500 to $3,000 for an 8 to 15 person practice, per Dental Economics.
With Aurawave
Selfies from home, under 90 minutes per person. Per-person pricing. Same grid for every new hire.
Hiring a photographer
Half-day shoot for the whole team. Partial reshoot 3 months later when a new associate starts.
Built by a working photographer
Joshua Albanese, founder and working photographer
Joshua Albanese ran a top-10 US headshot studio in Chicago and delivered 15,000+ in-studio sessions over 18 years. The same grading rubric runs on every dentist headshot Aurawave makes.
Real customers
Real reviews from real customers
The team can't stop raving about how good the photos look. Aurawave did an outstanding job capturing everyone.
Our team's headshots from Aurawave look incredibly natural and professional. The AI technology is impressive, just be prepared for a longer processing time.
Everyone on the team is raving about how great the new headshots look. Aurawave did an awesome job, and we're super happy with the results.
The images we received are of such high quality. We're proud to display them on our website and profiles.
The AI-generated results are unnervingly accurate, like someone extracted the professional version of me that exists.
I appreciate how Aurawave's AI handles diversity. The headshots look great for people of all ethnicities and ages.
Redo policy
If it doesn't look like you, we redo it
That is the whole policy. No fine print. No clause that voids the redo if you download a photo to inspect it.
Where they go
Where your dentist headshots go to work
One photo set, sized and styled for every destination patients use.
Practice website team grid
Same lighting and crop across staff.
Healthgrades
Square crop, clean background, smile-visible.
Zocdoc
Rejects selfies. We ship the crop it accepts.
ADA member locator
Clean clinical attire, neutral background.
Google Business Profile
Same face on search and site.
Insurance panel directories
PPO, HMO, Medicaid. One photo, every plan.
LinkedIn for specialist referrals
Perio, endo, ortho, oral surgery referrals.
Welcome packet and mailer
4K print-ready, no recrop needed.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about dentist headshots
How do we keep the team grid consistent when we hire a new associate or hygienist mid-year?
Same grading rubric runs on every staff member. The new hire uploads selfies, and the output matches the lighting, crop, and background of the existing grid. No partial reshoot 3 months after photo day.
Is it okay to use an AI photo on a healthcare profile patients trust?
Yes, when it is built from the staff member's real photos. The patient sees the same hair, skin tone, and face that walks in. The deception is the half-decade-old photo. Full answer at the ethics of AI headshots.
Will my patients be able to tell the photo is AI?
Probably not. The telltale signs are unrealistic eyes or teeth, distorted hands, and over-smoothing. Aurawave's grading checklist flags every one of these and kills the photos that fail. For a dentist headshot the teeth check matters more than usual.
Can the styling work for a pediatric dental practice?
Yes. Defaults shift to warm-tone backgrounds and smile-bright outputs. Same grading rubric, different styling. Hand the practice a grid that signals warmth before the child walks in.
How does Aurawave compare to a $1,500 to $3,000 traditional team photo session?
A traditional shoot is one day, one photographer, and a partial grid 3 months later when a new associate starts. Aurawave is per-person economics, on demand, same grid every time.
How often should a dental practice update its team photos?
Zocdoc recommends a 24-month refresh. Most practices update on a different trigger: a new practice, a website relaunch, joining a DSO, or hiring a new associate.
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About the author
Joshua Albanese, founder and working photographer
Joshua Albanese has photographed more than 15,000 working professionals across 18 years. That includes dental teams that needed a consistent grid across hygienists, assistants, front office, and the dentists themselves.
Get dentist headshots that earn the new patient
Upload 10 selfies per staff member. Get a consistent team grid in under 90 minutes. Every photo graded.