ArticleBritish dental journal2022
Discussing the environmental impact of dental-associated travel - how do we build from the current COVID-19 crisis towards a more sustainable future within dentistry?
Article in British dental journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Teledentistry for Improving Access To, and Quality of Oral Health Care: Overview of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Pooled it
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- Integrating sustainability in dentistry: a pathway towards achieving the UN 2030 agenda.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Review
- Attitude Towards Sustainability in Dentistry: The Evidence From Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia.International dental journal · 2024Observational
- Environmentally friendly behavior in dentistry.Medicine and pharmacy reports · 2023Article
- Awareness of Students and Dentists on Sustainability Issues, Safety of Use and Disposal of Dental Amalgam.Dentistry journal · 2023Article
- Virtual recruitment - should this be the future for dental core training?British dental journal · 2022Article
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Abstract
Dentistry is a highly energy- and resource-intensive field and consequently has a significant environmental impact. In 2013-2014, total greenhouse gas emissions of NHS dental services in England measured 675 kilotonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents, with 64.5% related to travel, 19% from procurement and 15.3% from energy use. There is currently an absence of comprehensive standards or guidelines for sustainable dentistry. Instead, sustainable initiatives have been at a small scale and are adopted voluntarily by groups or professionals as an ethical duty or practical requirement. However, a recent study showed that there seems to be increasing interest from dental teams in how to become more sustainable. This opinion article focuses on how the dental profession can ensure a sustainable recovery as England emerges from the COVID-19 crisis, with an emphasis on improving environmental sustainability related to travel within the dental healthcare system. Reducing dental-associated travel can include changing mode of transport, combining family appointments, appropriate scheduling of dental examinations, preventive dentistry and the use of information technology.
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