Main description:

This book covers all the topics required in field of restorative dentistry along with latest techniques and updates needed for undergraduates (UG), postgraduate (PG) students and general practitioners. The text covers all syllabus prescribed by Dental Council of India and other foreign universities.

Includes important topics like smile designing in operative dentistry, recent advances in glass ionomers, composites, and ceramics.
Incorporates more than 1,500 clinical photographs and line diagrams for easy understanding and grasping of the subject.
Includes viva questions at the end of each chapter for students preparing for clinical examinations.
Includes questions asked in various universities for self-evaluation.
Standout boxes, flowcharts, tables for making operative dentistry interesting and easy.
Includes synopsis of topics related to restorative dentistry for quick recall of the values and their significance.

Contents:

1. Introduction to Operative Dentistry

2. Tooth Nomenclature

3. Structure of Teeth

4. Physiology of Tooth Form

5. Occlusion in Operative Dentistry

6. Dental Caries

7. Instruments Used in Operative Dentistry

8. Principles of Tooth Preparation

9. Patient Evaluation, Diagnosis and Treatment Planning

10. Patient and Operator Position

11. Isolation of Operating Field

12. Gingival Tissue Management

13. Infection Control in Operative Dentistry

14. Pain Management in Operative Dentistry

15. Matricing

16. Separation of Teeth

17. Pulp Protection

18. Interim Restorations

19. Amalgam Restorations

20. Pin-retained Restorations

21. Direct Filling Gold

22. Cast Metal Restorations

23. Adhesion in Operative Dentistry

24. Composite Restorations

25. Smile Designing in Operative Dentistry

26. Glass Ionomer Cements

27. Dentin Hypersensitivity

28. Tooth Whitening

29. Minimally Intervention Dentistry

30. Noncarious Lesions of Teeth

31. Dental Ceramics

32. Evidence-based Dentistry

33. Nanotechnology in Dentistry

34. Lasers in Operative Dentistry

Annexures

Index