About The Subject
“Prevention first, Replacement next”
Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics is one of the core subjects of Dentistry. It is concerned with maintaining the teeth alive and healthy.
It includes Operative Dentistry and Endodontics. Operative Dentistry deals with restoration of form, function and aesthetics in decayed/ injured, diseased or malformed teeth.
Endodontics refers to invasive treatment of teeth when disease/ injury involving pulp.
Teaching Methods
- Theory
- Didactic Lectures
- Student seminars
- Clinical discussions
- Practical/Clinical Skill
- Preclinical conservative dentistry: Students in their second year are trained on phantom heads.
Chairside discussions and demonstrations
Working on patients: Only after the students acquire thorough dexterity, students from 3rd year and final year will treat patients under the supervision of the staff and continue to learn the subject during internship where students are encouraged to treat patients independently.
Treatment Rendered in our Department
- Amalgam Permanent Restoration
- GIC Permanent Restoration
- ZOE Temporary Restoration
- Direct & Indirect Pulp Capping
- Tooth Coloured Composite Restoration
- Post & Core – Screw & Fibre Post
- Bleaching of teeth
- Root Canal Therapy
- Treatment of failed RC treated teeth.
- Veneers- Composite & Ceramic
- Surgical Endodontics