Environmentally sustainable dentistry: a brief introduction to sustainable concepts within the dental practice

British Dental Journal
B DuaneI Steinbach

Abstract

This paper introduces clinicians to sustainability as it relates to dentistry. There are seven papers in the series. These include this introduction, followed by papers on energy, procurement, travel, waste, biodiversity and engagement and embedding sustainability into current dental practice. A sustainable world aims to ensure the basic needs and quality of life of everyone are met, now and for future generations. The current delivery of healthcare in the modern world is not sustainable due to rising financial costs, increasing demands and a high environmental burden. Dentists, like their medical counterparts, need to consider the General Dental Council (GDC) standards and the relationship between planetary health and human health within their practice. There is increasing awareness of the problems associated with global warming but a lack of knowledge on how to become more environmentally sustainable. There are also financial and reputational benefits to becoming more sustainable for practices. The carbon footprint is one proxy of sustainability and is closely related to expenditure. In 2014-2015, the carbon footprint of dentistry was calculated to be 675 kilotonnes carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e) with 64.5% related to trav...Continue Reading

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May 30, 2019·Special Care in Dentistry : Official Publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry·Brett Duane, Alison Dougall
May 12, 2020·Journal of Dental Research·B DuaneE Pasdeki-Clewer
Apr 14, 2019·British Dental Journal·Brett DuaneRichard Lomax
Sep 25, 2019·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Ling-Hsin Hsu, Yu-Hsiang Hsiao
Jun 29, 2021·Journal of Dentistry·Nicolas MartinSteven Mulligan
Jun 29, 2021·Journal of Dentistry·Nicolas MartinSteven Mulligan

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