The book is organized right from the basic chapters, i.e. Introduction, structure and physiology of teeth to the management of carious and noncarious lesions by esthetic restorations to precise metallic restorations with a latest trend of minimal intervention dentistry and conscious efforts to practice maximum conservation as per today’s need of the patients.


1. Introduction to Operative Dentistry
2. Tooth Nomenclature
3. Structure of Teeth
4. Physiology of Tooth Form
5. Dental Caries
6. Cutting Instruments
7. Principles of Tooth Preparation
8. Patient Evaluation, Diagnosis and Treatment Planning
9. Patient and Operator Position
10. Isolation of the Operating Field
11. Infection Control
12. Pain Control
13. Matricing and Tooth Separation
14. Pulp Protection
15. Interim Restorations
16. Bonding to Enamel and Dentin
17. Composite Restorations
18. Tooth Preparation for Composite Restorations
19. Esthetics and Operative Dentistry
20. Amalgam Restorations
21. Pin Retained Restorations
22. Direct Filling Gold
23. Cast Metal Restorations
24. Glass Ionomer Cement
25. Dental Ceramics
26. Tooth Hypersensitivity
27. Management of Discolored Teeth
28. Minimally Intervention Dentistry
29. Cervical Lesions
30. Selection of Restorative Materials
31. Evidence-based Dentistry
32. Nanodentistry and its Applications
Index