RECENT ADVANCES IN CAVITY PREPARATION 1.
INTRODUCTION
2.
CONCEPT
3.
GOALS
OF
OF
MINIMAL INTERVENTION DENTISTRY.
MINIMAL
• PREVENTION
OF
INTERVENTION.
DENTAL CARIES, DEMINERALIZATION,
AND
EARLY LESIONS.
• REDUCTION
IN CARIOGENIC BACTERIA.
• MINIMUM
SURGICAL INTERVENTION OF CAVITATED LESIONS.
• REPAIR
RATHER
THAN
REPLACEMENT
OF
DEFECTIVE
RESTORATIONS.
4.
MODERN /
CONVENTIONAL CONCEPTS OF CAVITY DESIGN IN
AMALGAM RESTORATIONS.
5.
CONCLUSION.
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