Pickard's Guide To Minimally Invasive Operative... (DELUXE × 2026)

In the 1960s, a young Professor Huia Masters Pickard published a manual that would eventually challenge the "drill-and-fill" orthodoxy of the time. For decades, the standard approach was aggressive: removing large amounts of healthy tooth structure to satisfy mechanical requirements for metal fillings—a philosophy known as "extension for prevention."

The story of this guide is one of transition from a reparative mindset to a preventative one. Pickard's guide to minimally invasive operative...

: The current edition represents a complete move toward a "biologically based approach". In the 1960s, a young Professor Huia Masters