Minimally invasive dentistry is the application of ¿a systematic respect for the original tissue¿. This implies that the dental profession recognizes that an artifact is of less biological value than the original healthy tissue. The common delineator is tissue preservation preferably by preventing disease from occurring and intercepting its progress, but also removing and replacing with as little tissue loss as possible. The introduction of minimal invasive dentistry has opened new horizons in Modern Medical Model of treating of caries that includes a shift in philosophy from ¿extension for prevention¿ to the present day principle of ¿Constriction with Conservation¿

Dr. Shalu Verma MDS, is a graduate of Vinayaka Mission Dental College, Salem, Tamil Nadu and did her masters in Pedodontics from SGT Dental College, Gurgaon. She has many national and international publications in various journals. She has also published books on various topics.