An ideal introduction to the theory and practical aspects of conservative dentistry, the tenth edition of Pickards' Guide to Minimally Invasive Operative Dentistry is a must-have text for all dental students, new graduates and oral healthcare professionals alike. Written in an easy to understand and concise style, the authors introduce the essentials of dental disease before outlining how to collect patient information clinically in order to detect,
diagnose, plan and deliver care. Exploring key topics such as disease prevention and control, the principles of minimally invasive operative dentistry, contemporary restorative materials and
procedures, this completely up-to-date revised edition integrates a thorough academic grounding for degree examination with an essential preparation for clinical practice for the whole oral healthcare team. Illustrated with step-by-step colour photos, common clinical procedures are clearly set out and labelled for beginners to learn. The tenth edition has been updated to reflect the latest evidence based guidelines for preventitative management and there is a focus on maintaining existing
restorations and follow up/long term care.
An ideal introduction to the theory and practical aspects of conservative dentistry, the tenth edition of Pickards' Guide to Minimally Invasive Operative Dentistry is a must-have text for all dental students, new graduates and oral healthcare professionals alike. Written in an easy to understand and concise style, the authors introduce the essentials of dental disease before outlining how to collect patient information clinically in order to detect,
diagnose, plan and deliver care. Exploring key topics such as disease prevention and control, the principles of minimally invasive operative dentistry, contemporary restorative materials and
procedures, this completely up-to-date revised edition integrates a thorough academic grounding for degree examination with an essential preparation for clinical practice for the whole oral healthcare team. Illustrated with step-by-step colour photos, common clinical procedures are clearly set out and labelled for beginners to learn. The tenth edition has been updated to reflect the latest evidence based guidelines for preventitative management and there is a focus on maintaining existing
restorations and follow up/long term care.
1: Dental hard tissue pathologies: aetiology and clinical
manifestations
2: Clinical detection: 'information gathering'
3: Diagnosis, prognosis, care planning: 'information
processing'
4: Disease control and lesion prevention
5: The essentials of minimally invasive operative dentistry
6: Principles of managing the badly broken down tooth
7: Restorative materials and their relationship with tooth
structure
8: Clinical operative procedures - a step-by-step guide
9: The long term management of direct restorations
Avijit Banerjee is Professor of Cariology & Operative Dentistry,
Hon. Consultant and Clinical Lead, Restorative Dentistry at the KCL
Dental Institute / Guy's & St. Thomas' Hospitals Foundation Trust,
London, UK. He is Head of Conservative & MI Dentistry and has
established the innovative distance-learning masters in Advanced
Minimum Intervention Dentistry (AMID) at KCL. He is an
internationally renowned lecturer, teacher, author and
scientific researcher and he maintains a clinical practice in the
hospital as well as private practice.
Timothy F. Watson is Professor of Biomaterials and Restorative
Dentistry and Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at KCL
Dental Institute/ Guy's & St. Thomas' Hospitals Foundation Trust,
London, UK. He is European Board Member for the International
Association for Dental Research (IADR) and the past President of
the British Society for Oral and Dental Research (NSODR).
`Review from previous edition "Pickard's" has been and in my
opinion still is the authoritative text on simple operative
dentistry and should find a place on the shelves of all
undergraduate dental students, student hygiene/therapists and
student dental nurses.
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British Dental Journal
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