A paradigm shift has occurred in the treatment of cavitated carious lesions towards conservation of as much natural tooth structure as possible. As one of the leading dental companies worldwide, GC Corporation was a pioneer in the field of minimally invasive dentistry and has adopted it as its core philosophy. With the aim of sharing the latest trends in conservative dentistry, GC Europe organised a symposium during the Oral Health Research Congress of the CED-IADR together with the Scandinavian Division of the International Association for Dental Research (NOF). The symposium, entitled “Restorative options considering modern aspects on caries management”, was held on September 23rd in Vienna.