Book excerpt: This book comprehensively covers the course on Preclinical Conservative Dentistry as prescribed to second-year BDS students. It has been written with the main objective of training the students in the preclinical labs with perfection. The guidelines provided will subsequently enable the students to manage their patients most effectively. Salient Features: • Simple and easy-to-understand language accompanied with numerous photographs, line diagrams, illustrations and tables • New chapters included • Evaluation tables provided to help the students self evaluate their preparations and restorations • Key points given at the end of each chapter which summarise the entire chapter, a feature which can be best utilised for quick revision • Self-assessment questions given at the end of each chapter to help the students prepare for their viva