Main description:

Get a better picture of operative dentistry from the most complete text on the market. Using a detailed, heavily illustrated, step-by-step approach, this comprehensive guide helps you master the fundamentals and procedures of restorative and preventive dentistry and learn to make informed decisions to solve patient needs. This widely respected text draws from both theory and practice, and is supported by extensive clinical and laboratory research. The new edition features a new full-color design, significant content updates, and a new companion website with six supplemental chapters, videos, and more.

Contents:

1. CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF DENTAL ANATOMY, HISTOLOGY, PHYSIOLOGY, AND OCCLUSION
2. DENTAL CARIES: ETIOLOGY, CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS, RISK ASSESSMENT, AND MANAGEMENT
3. PATIENT ASSESSMENT, EXAMINATION AND DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT PLANNING
4. FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF ENAMEL AND DENTIN ADHESION
5. FUNDAMENTALS IN TOOTH PREPARATION AND PULP PROTECTION
6. INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT FOR TOOTH PREPARATION
7. PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS FOR OPERATIVE DENTISTRY
8. INTRODUCTION TO COMPOSITE RESTORATIONS
9. CLASS III, IV, AND V DIRECT COMPOSITE AND GLASS IONOMER RESTORATIONS
10. CLASS I, II, AND VI DIRECT COMPOSITE RESTORATIONS AND OTHER TOOTH-COLORED RESTORATIONS
11. CLASS I AND II INDIRECT TOOTH-COLORED RESTORATIONS
12. ADDITIONAL CONSERVATIVE ESTHETIC PROCEDURES
13. INTRODUCTION TO AMALGAM RESTORATIONS
14. CLASS I, II, AND VI AMALGAM RESTORATIONS
15. CLASS III AND V AMALGAM RESTORATIONS
16. COMPLEX AMALGAM RESTORATIONS
17. CLASS II CAST METAL RESTORATIONS

ONLINE CHAPTERS

18. BIOMATERIALS
19. INFECTION CONTROL
20. PAIN CONTROL FOR OPERATIVE DENTISTRY
21. BONDED SPLINTS AND BRIDGES
22. DIRECT GOLD RESTORATIONS
23. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT FOR TOOTH PREPARATION