Sturdevant’s Art and Science 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

Contents

1 Clinical Significance of Dental Anatomy,
Histology, Physiology, and Occlusion
2 Dental Caries: Etiology, Clinical Characteristics,
Risk Assessment, and Management
3 Preliminary Considerations for Operative
Dentistry
4 Patient Assessment, Examination, Diagnosis,
and Treatment Planning
5 Tooth Preparation: Concepts, Instrumentation,
and Stages
6 Fundamental Concepts of Enamel and Dentin
Adhesion
7 Photo-Activated Polymerization of Restorative
Materials
8 Color and Shade Matching in Operative
Dentistry
9 Clinical Technique for Direct Composite Resin
and Glass Ionomer Restorations
10 Conservative Esthetic Procedures
11 Clinical Technique for Amalgam
Restorations
12 Periodontology Applied to Restorative
Dentistry
13 Endodontics Applied to Operative Dentistry
14 Digital Dentistry in Operative Dentistry

Supplemental Online Chapters
15 Dental Biomaterials
16 Direct Gold Restorations
17 Class II Cast-Metal Restorations

Andre V. Ritter