A Nod to Modern Dentistry Founder Dr. G.V. Black

Recently, I was preparing a tooth for an onlay and thinking about Dr. Greene Vardiman (G.V.) Black (1836–1915), one of the founders of modern dentistry. As my bur moved around the tooth, I thought of his “extension for prevention” concept about extending a prep outline to an area of the tooth the patient had easy access to clean. And that way, the risk of recurrent decay around that margin