Category I – Anterior Aesthetics (Indirect or direct)

Required Before and After Views:

• Full Face/Frontal – 1:10 view against dark background. Vertical shot to include top of head and chin.
• Full Smile/Frontal -1:2  shot to show a natural smile to include both corners of the lips.
• Retracted View- 1:2 shot using lip retractors with teeth slightly apart showing incisal edges OR in occlusion (be consistent)

Category I Sample Photos

Image Requirements

• The submission form must be completed and received by July 18,2025 with all images received no later than September 1,2025. The application form must be completed prior to submission of the images.
• All images MUST be named in the following way: Doctorfirstinitiallastname_categorynumber_descriptionofshot
  Example: jsmith_II_retractedafter
• Full face shots must be sized to 8 X 10 VERTICAL, with mouth shots sized to 7 X 5 HORIZONTAL.
• Images must be HIGH resolution (minimum 300 dpi). All images must be submitted in the correct size and format!
• Images should be saved either to a flash drive. Please mail these to the below address: LVI Global
  Attn: IAPA Aesthetic Eye/Joe Dewees
  9501 Hillwood Dr. 
  Las Vegas, NV 89134
• Files can also be sent via HIGHTAIL. Please email  Joe Dewees for hightail instructions.
• Submissions received after the deadline, are incorrectly sized, or do not meet minimum resolution requirements will not be accepted.

Only work done by the actual applicant may be submitted – this includes the dentistry and the photography. Cases must represent work prepared and finalized in the applicant’s office with the exception of Category IV. Submissions become the property of the IAPA and are agreed by the applicant to be used in the promotion and/or education for the betterment of dentistry or the IAPA. Participants at the time of submission are required to be a member in good standing with the IAPA and in attendance at the conference for which they are submitting their cases. Applicants must fill out and submit the application  before sending pictures. By submitting this application, the patient has authorized the release of their photos and likenesses for your unrestricted use that includes display in the IAPA Aesthetic Eye area, on the IAPA website.

For more information regarding case submission requirements, please contact Joe Dewees at jdewees@lviglobal.com or call 702-341-7978.