It gives us immense pleasure to connect with you, through this book on Dental Caries. We once again thank almighty God for his blessings in all our endeavours. 
The book attempts to incorporate recent concept of Dental Caries while at the same time not losing the sight of basics, therefore, making the study on Dental Caries easier and interesting. The main feature of this edition is a new format wherein the flow charts and photographs are in plenty to help the students undertake review and revision. This book would not have been possible without the help and motivation of our teachers and colleagues. We are thankful to all the contributors for their respective help in this book and for critically evaluating the chapters.
We offer our humble gratitude and sincere thanks to Principal Dr. I. K. Pandit for providing healthy and encouraging environment for our work. We wish to thank all our colleagues at J. N. Kapoor DAV (C) Dental College, Yamunanagar, who gave helpful advice while editing of the text.
We are thankful to our passionate publisher, Innovative Publications for showing personal interest and trying their level best to bring the book in the present form. Last but not least, we would like to thank all the authors, editors and publishers for providing great help in editing this edition of this book. It is hoped that all these modifications will be appreciated and render the book more valuable basis. We shall be highly indebted to our readers, if they analyze the text critically and send us useful suggestions for improving quality of this book for the next edition.