Restorative/Operative Book Recommendations

[roy williams II]

Hi,
I'm looking for a book that addresses how to prep each class of carious lesions. I am a very visual learner and the slides I am being provided in school, on the slides alone, just aren't working out for me. Any suggestions on books?

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[sgv]

1. Go to your local Barnes & Noble
2. Go to the fiction section
3. Literally any book there will be just as useful as any operative textbook (e.g. Sturdevant) you buy

Just Google pictures of restorative and prosth preps. No one uses an operative book.

 

[lowkeydr]

Use google and youtube

 

[ysrebob]

If you can get your hands on a copy, an out-of-print book that is the best I've ever seen for very detailed, practical, photo-based guides to basic dental procedures:
Reality: The Information Source for Aesthetic Dentistry, Volume 1: The Techniques.
Michael B Miller DDS - Published 2003

Amazon lists it but didn't have any copies for sale when I check just now. Great book though, worth searching for.

 

[Mr.Light]

I advise you to gain your knowledge from books
And there are many .
For the beginners I advise :
Textbook of operative dentistry by Nisha Garg

After that :
Art and scaince of operative dentistry

Good luck

 

[Faux]

1. Go to your local Barnes & Noble
2. Go to the fiction section
3. Literally any book there will be just as useful as any operative textbook (e.g. Sturdevant) you buy

Just Google pictures of restorative and prosth preps. No one uses an operative book.

Commercial stores actually have our dental books? A went by a huge store in Toronto just the other week and they didn't have a single thing dentistry related. Guess I just assumed that was the norm.

 

[cloth_alert00]

Practice practice practice. Go buy a crapload of teeth and drill them. Buy enough teeth that it hurts your wallet and then go buy some more. In all seriousness, practice a lot and ask upperclassmen for advice. You can't learn how to drill from a book. You have to do it. Ask your instructors for advice, but be aware that they might have different professional opinions.

OP needs to visualize before he drills. When I was taking operative in dental school, I would draw the preps and visualize them on my lab bench before I prepped. Ask your instructors for models that are pre-prepped, and just study them, use ur explorer and probes and make exact copies of those preps. And have upperclassmen check your work. Also, you won't get better in 1 day. Do 4-5 preps/day for 1 wk, and compare the ones you did on day1 to the ones from day7 and you will be shocked at the improvements.