BDS · Conservative Dentistry · TOPIC 11 Operative Dentistry Cavity preparation principles and direct restorations — what to cut, why to cut it that way, and what to put back Operative dentistry is the least glamorous and most performed discipline in clinical practice. Every Indian dental graduate places hundreds of direct restorations before they place a single crown. The conceptual core is small — remove disease, conserve sound tooth, restore form and function — but the executions split along the material the operator chooses. Amalgam tolerates a wet field, demands mechanical r…
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