This manual provides step-by-step pictures and illustrations of the various laboratory exercises, which students have to learn and perform in their first and second year BDS course for the preclinical conservative dentistry examination. This is the only book of its kind that would serve as a guide for learning as well as practicing the exercises on both plaster and typodont models in the preclinical laboratory.

Segregated into 11 well defined chapters, the book:



Provides synopsis of topics related to conservative dentistry and endodontics
Includes clear description with illustrations of every instrument and equipment used
Provides details regarding the composition, properties, uses and manipulation of various dental materials
Includes clear description with images of the phantom head and typodont teeth used in the preclinical laboratory along with a beginner's pictorial guide in using airotor and micromotor rotary instruments
Discusses various features, rules and fundamentals of tooth preparation
Provides step-by-step pictorial representation along with explanation of all laboratory plaster and typodont model exercises
Provides more than 300 commonly asked questions to help students prepare for their viva- voce examination along with frequently asked spotters
Includes an exhaustive glossary of conservative dentistry and endodontic terms