Dental Caries

Dental Caries?is a comprehensive book, written in a simple and lucid language, covering all aspects of the subject. It includes the concept of caries from ancient times to ?near future?, describing the text along with photographs, diagrams, tables and flowcharts. All advancements in diagnostic tools, methodology in risk assessment, preventive regimes, microbiological aspects and the immunological influences have been added. A chapter on ?resin infiltration? describes caries therapy for initial lesions. The book will serve all dental students, teachers, educators, therapists and clinicians who wish to update their knowledge in the field ofcariology. Dental caries is ubiquitous in all population, the lesion development being continuous throughout life. Dentistry, like other sciences, is dynamic and requires an original approach from the author: the description of the text is maintained in as simple a manner as possible. To make the book comprehensive, several eminent academicians have contributed their experiences in the respective fields. The book covers almost every aspect of dental caries and is aimed to serve the much-expected purpose of inspiring the students, teachers and clinicians as well. Vimal K Sikri MDS, DOOP (PU), DEME (AIU), FICD is currently Professor and Head, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, and Principal/Dean of Punjab Government Dental College and Hospital, Amritsar. He is a well-known academician blessed with an aptitude for teaching, dedicated to the cause of teaching for the last over 35 years. Apart from this, he has written six other books. He is the only dental teacher in India to have successfully completed Diploma in Evaluation, Methodology and Examination from Association of Indian Universities and that too with distinction. He also stood first in Diploma in Office Management from the Punjab University. He has to his credit more than 100 scientific publications in reputed journals. He is examiner for BDS, MDS, DNB and PhD at various Indian Universities. He remained editor of/dentistry, the journal published on behalf of the Indian Dental Association, Punjab, for nine years. He was founder editor of the Journal of Conservative Dentistry published by Federation of Operative Dentistry of India. He has been invited as a keynote/guest speaker at various national/international conferences.