Full 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
