Before & After: How We Document Results

This page explains how Picasso Dental, inside Vinmec Da Nang International Hospital, documents treatment results — and why we are careful about what a before-and-after can and cannot claim. Rather than display invented cases, it sets out the standard every published result is held to, so you know what you are looking at when consented cases appear here over time.

How we record outcomes

A meaningful before-and-after is more than two photographs. When a patient agrees to share their result, the record is built around their real treatment:

• Documented consent first. Nothing is published without the patient’s explicit, documented permission, and consent can be withdrawn.
• The clinical picture, not just the smile. A useful record notes what was treated and why, so the result is understood in context rather than presented as a transformation out of nowhere.
• Consistent, honest imaging. Where images are shown, they are recorded under comparable conditions rather than staged to exaggerate a change.
• No identifying detail without permission. Patient-identifiable information is removed unless the patient has specifically agreed to it.

Why individual results differ

Even between patients who have similar treatment, outcomes vary. Results depend on the starting diagnosis, general and oral health, the treatment chosen and how closely aftercare is followed. A result that one patient achieves is evidence of what was possible for them — not a prediction of what is possible for you. That is why every case shown here carries a reminder that individual results vary.

What this means for you

Before-and-after records are best used to understand the kind of change a treatment can address, not as a promise of a particular outcome. The only reliable guide to your own result is your own examination. From an assessment you receive a written plan describing what is realistic in your case, the stages involved and the fees — the honest counterpart to any image you may see.