Pickard's Guide To Minimally Invasive Operative... May 2026

: The current edition represents a complete move toward a "biologically based approach".

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." Pickard's guide to minimally invasive operative...

The story of this guide is one of transition from a reparative mindset to a preventative one. : The current edition represents a complete move