title: Minimal intervention dentistry - a new frontier in clinical dentistry.
abstract: Minimally invasive procedures are the new paradigm in health care. Everything from heart bypasses to gall bladder, surgeries are being performed with these dynamic new techniques. Dentistry is joining this exciting revolution as well. Minimally invasive dentistry adopts a philosophy that integrates prevention, remineralisation and minimal intervention for the placement and replacement of restorations. Minimally invasive dentistry reaches the treatment objective using the least invasive surgical approach, with the removal of the minimal amount of healthy tissues. This paper reviews in brief the concept of minimal intervention in dentistry.
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Student, Department of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, Govt. Dental College & Hospital, Patiala , Punjab, India .
authors.forename: Jingarwar
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mm
authors.affiliation: Medical Officer, (Dental) Pcms, Department of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, Govt. Dental College & Hospital, Patiala , Punjab, India .
authors.forename: Bajwa
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nk
authors.affiliation: Professor and HOD, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Govt. Dental College & Hospital, Patiala , Punjab, India .
authors.forename: Pathak
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: A
keywords: Air abrasion; Chemomechanical caries removal; Lasers, Minimal invasion; Remineralisation; Sono- abrasion