Salient Features

New updated definitions and concepts.

Includes 32 chapters on physiology of tooth form, pulp protection, matrices and tooth separation, esthetics in operative dentistry and nanotechnology.

Extensive coverage of topics such as instruments, principles of tooth preparation, bonding, composites, amalgam restorations, glass lonomer cements and many more.

Incorporates more than 1500 schematic illustrations and clinical photographs for easy understanding and grasping of the text.

Standout boxes such as facts, recapitulations and viva-voce making the operative dentistry interesting and easy.

Examiner's choice questions from various universities and points-to-remember added at the end of each chapter for last-minute preparation.