Conscious sedation is dentistry without fear. Advancement in administration and action of sedative drugs finds its greater application in pediatric patient.The use of sedation techniques can frequently serve to obtund interfering and potentially harmful behaviors to safely permit quality care, minimize or eliminate the need for aversive measures and help bridge the transition for a child lacking cooperative ability to the time when cooperation potential develops.

Early childhood caries or Nursing bottle caries as they are better known as bane of a childs existence. occuring at an age when any child is reluctant to visit a dentist, it become imperative that a dental practioner is aware of the clinical aspects of this disease. This book explains in detail about the mechanism and causative factors involved in early childhood caries.this book also deals with the various methods of prevention and treatment of Early childhood caries.

The main goals of sports dentistry include prevention and treatment of sports related dental/orofacial injuries, information collection and promotion of research on the preventive procedures related to injuries. Mouthguards are religiously worn by athletes who recognize the need for protection during sport activities. It is an effective device for the prevention from stomatognathic trauma during sports. The thickness of the mouthguard influences on impact absorption and the preventive effect against stomatognathic injury. Now-a-days, the use of protective mouthguards as preventive measures...

This book covers two increasingly prominent aspects of dentistry: nanotechnology and ozone. Nanotechnology has rapidly expanded into all areas of science; it offers significant alternative ways of solving scientific and medical questions and problems. In dentistry, nanotechnology has been exploited in the development of restorative materials with significant success. The recent advances in nanotechnology could hold promise in bringing about a paradigm shift in the dental field. Although there are numerous complex therapies being developed to treat many diseases, their clinical use requires...