Atraumatic Restorative Dental Techniques

Published: March 19, 2014, 10:02 a.m.

b'ART (Atraumatic Restorative Treatment) is an minimally invasive method of treating caries in selected teeth which is being used in developed and developing countries throughout the world. It consists of restoring teeth with glass ionomer restorative material, hand instruments and materials available in limited resource areas.

The purpose of this lecture is to explain the ART approach including advantages and limitations by describing the ART procedure and providing evidence based references.'