The text material of this monograph is focusing on a variety of aspects of dental materials and its acceptance by the human tissues as a whole. All these chapters are detailed and presented by renouned teachers of Conservative Dentistry and Prosthodontics to convey the current information from research and clinical experience. This monograph consists of articles presented on 27thand 28th Feb98 at the Postgraduate meet - 98 at Meenakshi Ammal Dental College Chennai. These articles enumerate contemporary restorative materials and its application in various restorative procedures. The points of importance in handling modern materials are stressed In detail such as Polyalkeonate cements which are trying to capture the prime place in restorative practice. Many finer aspects of luting Cements are enumerated with graphic illustrations. The time tested materials like Ceramics Gold and Amalgam are also presented to review its extensive usage in restorative dentistry.
