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. - Comprehensive coverage spans the entire spectrum of operative dentistry, including fundamentals, diagnosis, instrumentation, preparation, restoration, and prevention. - Practical, scientific approach to content is supported by sound clinical and laboratory research and incorporates both theory and practice. - Clear presentation of techniques and procedures uses a consistent pattern to cover each restorative process. - Procedural alternatives instruct on how to adapt a procedure or technique to answer individual patient needs. - Pros and cons of restoration options discuss the advantages, disadvantages, indications, and contraindications involved to help you make informed decisions when multiple treatment options are available. - Significant revisions across all chapters streamline the book and make it easier to read. - New full-color design gives you a better picture of concepts and procedure details. - Companion website offers electronic access to the book, plus six supplemental chapters, videos, and weblinks.

**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Dentistry** Get a better picture of operative dentistry from the most complete text on the market. Using a heavily illustrated, step-by-step approach, Sturdevant's Art and Science of Operative Dentistry, 7th Edition helps you master the fundamentals and procedures of restorative and preventive dentistry and learn to make informed decisions to solve patient needs. Drawing from both theory and practice and supported by extensive clinical and laboratory research, this new full-color edition features four new chapters and updated information in the areas of color and shade matching, light curing, periodontology, digital dentistry and more. It's the practicing dentist's complete guide to all aspects of operative dentistry. - Four new chapters cover the areas of color and shade matching, light curing, periodontology, and digital dentistry. - Expert Consult website with five supplemental chapters and procedure videos. - Evidence-based approach is supported by extensive clinical and laboratory research. - Comprehensive coverage provides a thorough understanding of caries and an authoritative approach to its treatment and prevention. - Illustrated step-by-step approach offers a better picture of conservative restorative and preventive dentistry. - Full color design clearly demonstrates techniques and details. - NEW! Four new chapters cover the areas of color and shade matching, light curing, periodontology, and digital dentistry. - NEW! Expert Consult website includes five additional online-only chapters, procedure videos, and references linked to PubMed. - NEW! Updated content throughout integrates new knowledge that has emerged since publication of the previous edition.

Get a better picture of operative dentistry from the most complete text on the market. Using a heavily illustrated, step-by-step approach, Sturdevant's Art and Science of Operative Dentistry, 7th Edition helps you master the fundamentals and procedures of restorative and preventive dentistry and learn to make informed decisions to solve patient needs. Drawing from both theory and practice and supported by extensive clinical and laboratory research, this new full-color edition features four new chapters and updated information in the areas of color and shade matching, light curing, periodontology, digital dentistry and more. It's the practicing dentist's complete guide to all aspects of operative dentistry. Four new chapters cover the areas of color and shade matching, light curing, periodontology, and digital dentistry. Expert Consult website with five supplemental chapters and procedure videos. Evidence-based approach is supported by extensive clinical and laboratory research. Comprehensive coverage provides a thorough understanding of caries and an authoritative approach to its treatment and prevention. Illustrated step-by-step approach offers a better picture of conservative restorative and preventive dentistry. Full color design clearly demonstrates techniques and details. NEW! Four new chapters cover the areas of color and shade matching, light curing, periodontology, and digital dentistry. NEW! Expert Consult website includes five additional online-only chapters, procedure videos, and references linked to PubMed. NEW! Updated content throughout integrates new knowledge that has emerged since publication of the previous edition.

This comprehensive text presents a detailed, heavily illustrated, step-by-step approach to restorative and preventive dentistry. It draws from both theory and practice, and is supported by extensive clinical and laboratory research. Based upon the principle that dental caries is a disease, not a lesion, the book provides both a thorough understanding of caries and an authoritative approach to its treatment and prevention. Now offering a companion Evolve website, this new edition has been updated to address the latest developments in an ever-changing field. Comprehensive coverage of operative dentistry includes fundamentals, diagnosis, instrumentation, preparation, restoration, and prevention, all within a single volume. Up-to-date information covers insurance, safety, and infection control, based on the latest reports and guidelines from organizations such as OSHA and ADA. A clear, consistent presentation describes each restorative process in a linear pattern: initial clinical procedures, tooth preparation, and then restorative technique. Procedural alternatives include multiple approaches to problems wherever applicable, teaching how to adapt a procedure or technique to answer individual patient needs. Pros and cons of restoration options include advantages, disadvantages, indications, and contraindications for restorations. A course-based presentation of topics follows that of many operative dentistry courses, making students' absorption of content stronger and more efficient. 2,550 illustrations include 700 high-quality half-tones and line drawings - more illustrations than any other operative dentistry text. Full-color clinical photos illustrate important concepts - such as coloration and shading on both natural teeth and prostheses. Computer assisted design and computer assisted machining (CAD/CAM) is incorporated into the practice of operative dentistry and related to techniques. Esthetic dentistry instruction is included for this increasingly popular area. Chapter outlines begin each chapter and highlight important topics. Extensive references direct readers to current resources available for additional research. A revised organization groups chapters into five sections, so that locating specific chapters or topics is easier and more efficient: 1. Fundamentals of Operative Dentistry 2. Instrumentation and Preparation 3. Composite Restorations 4. Amalgam Restorations 5. Metal Restorations Procedural Boxes offer step-by-step guides to important procedures, with each step accompanied by a corresponding image. A companion Evolve website features: Approximately 10 audio/video clips illustrating operative techniques and procedures A full-color image collection from the text Links to related content and additional information available on the Internet

- Reader friendly: Adapted keeping in mind the curriculum of the final year undergraduate student with exam and clinical oriented Clinical Notes boxes. The text is streamlined for improved readability - Full Color Design: Incorporates more than 500 illustrations including color photos and around 100 tables and boxes to better show techniques and detail - Added Chapters: Six new chapters on ... have been included in this edition - Online Chs : The website features three online chapters for additional study

Get a better picture of operative dentistry from the most complete text on the market. Using a heavily illustrated, step-by-step approach, Sturdevant's Art and Science of Operative Dentistry, 8th Edition helps you master the fundamentals and procedures of restorative and preventive dentistry and learn to make informed decisions to solve patient needs. Drawing from both theory and practice and supported by extensive clinical and laboratory research, this edition features a new chapter on endodontics, an enhanced art program, and an enhanced ebook, included with every new print purchase, that includes supplemental chapters, procedure videos, and more. It's the practicing dentist's complete guide to all aspects of operative dentistry. - NEW! Chapter addresses Endodontics Applied to Operative Dentistry. - UPDATED! Expanded art program includes more color images in the technically focused chapters to clarify essential concepts. - NEW! Enhanced ebook version, included with every new print purchase, features supplemental chapters and procedure videos, plus access to all the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. - Complete guidance for all aspects of operative dentistry provides a thorough understanding of caries and an authoritative approach to treatment and prevention. - Emphasis on treating the underlying causes of patient problems goes beyond just restoring damage that has occurred. - Evidence-based approach is supported by extensive clinical and laboratory research. - Illustrated step-by-step approach supports the learning of conservative restorative and preventive dentistry.

This is a Pageburst digital textbook; the product description may vary from the print textbook. This comprehensive text presents a detailed, heavily illustrated, step-by-step approach to restorative and preventive dentistry. It draws from both theory and practice, and is supported by extensive clinical and laboratory research. Based upon the principle that dental caries is a disease, not a lesion, the book provides both a thorough understanding of caries and an authoritative approach to its treatment and prevention. Now offering a companion Evolve website, this new edition has been updated to address the latest developments in an ever-changing field. Comprehensive coverage of operative dentistry includes fundamentals, diagnosis, instrumentation, preparation, restoration, and prevention, all within a single volume. Up-to-date information covers insurance, safety, and infection control, based on the latest reports and guidelines from organizations such as OSHA and ADA. A clear, consistent presentation describes each restorative process in a linear pattern: initial clinical procedures, tooth preparation, and then restorative technique. Procedural alternatives include multiple approaches to problems wherever applicable, teaching how to adapt a procedure or technique to answer individual patient needs. Pros and cons of restoration options include advantages, disadvantages, indications, and contraindications for restorations. A course-based presentation of topics follows that of many operative dentistry courses, making students' absorption of content stronger and more efficient. 2,550 illustrations include 700 high-quality half-tones and line drawings - more illustrations than any other operative dentistry text. Full-color clinical photos illustrate important concepts - such as coloration and shading on both natural teeth and prostheses. Computer assisted design and computer assisted machining (CAD/CAM) is incorporated into the practice of operative dentistry and related to techniques. Esthetic dentistry instruction is included for this increasingly popular area. Chapter outlines begin each chapter and highlight important topics. Extensive references direct readers to current resources available for additional research. A revised organization groups chapters into five sections, so that locating specific chapters or topics is easier and more efficient: 1. Fundamentals of Operative Dentistry 2. Instrumentation and Preparation 3. Composite Restorations 4. Amalgam Restorations 5. Metal Restorations Procedural Boxes offer step-by-step guides to important procedures, with each step accompanied by a corresponding image. A companion Evolve website features: Approximately 10 audio/video clips illustrating operative techniques and procedures A full-color image collection from the text Links to related content and additional information available on the Internet

Presents an illustrated, step-by-step approach to restorative and preventive dentistry. This book draws from theory and practice, and is supported by clinical and laboratory research. Based upon the principle that dental caries is a disease, not a lesion, it provides an understanding of caries and an approach to its treatment and prevention.

-- The leading dental title in the world fully revised and updated to meet the challenges and needs of dental students and practitioners into the 21st century. -- An all new contemporary two-color format, four 8-page sections of new full-color photographs plus over 1200 new illustrations. Designed to be used by students throughout their dental education program and into professional clinical practice. Starting with dental anatomy and occlusion, it presents the most current information on cardiology, infection control, dental materials, and patient assessment -- including medical concerns. New techniques are presented so today's students and practitioners may incorporate them into their approach to providing the care that patients require and often demand. -- More detailed discussion of treatment planning and materials selection and a new and consistent format. -- Updated information about diagnosis and treatment planning, cardiology, infection control, dental materials, and patient assessment. -- Addition of procedural alternatives. -- Deeper and broader review of concerns regarding mercury. -- Information on complex restorations -- Specific information on advantages disadvantages indications, and contraindications for amalgam and composite restorations. -- Chapter outlines presented at the beginning of each chapter with page numbers indicating where each topic is discussed. -- Fully incorporates computer-assisted design and computer-assisted machining (CAD/CAM). -- Comprehensive list of references concludes each chapter.