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Green dentistry: the art and science of sustainable practice

Overview of attention for article published in British Dental Journal, June 2017
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Title
Green dentistry: the art and science of sustainable practice
Published in
British Dental Journal, June 2017
DOI 10.1038/sj.bdj.2017.546
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Authors

P. Mulimani

Abstract

Dentistry is highly energy and resource intensive with significant environmental impact. Factors inherent in the profession such as enormous electricity demands of electronic dental equipment, voluminous water requirements, environmental effects of biomaterials (before, during and after clinical use), the use of radiation and the generation of hazardous waste involving mercury, lead etc have contributed towards this. With rising temperatures across the world due to global warming, efforts are being made worldwide to mitigate the effects of environmental damage by resorting to sustainability concepts and green solutions in a myriad of ways. In such a scenario, a professional obligation and social responsibility of dentists makes it imperative to transform the practice of dentistry from a hazardous to a sustainable one, by adopting environmental-friendly measures or 'green dentistry'. The NHS in the UK has been proactive in implementing sustainability in healthcare by setting targets, developing guidance papers, initiating steering groups to develop measures and implementing actions through its Sustainable Development Unit (SDU). Such sustainable frameworks, specific to dentistry, are not yet available and even the scientific literature is devoid of studies in this field although anecdotal narratives abound. Hence this paper attempts to present a comprehensive evaluation of the existing healthcare sustainability principles, for their parallel application in the field of dentistry and lays out a blueprint for integrating the two main underlying principles of sustainability - resource use efficiency and eliminating or minimising pollution - in the day-to-day practice. The article also highlights the importance of social values, community care, engaging stakeholders, economic benefits, developing policy and providing leadership in converting the concept of green dentistry into a practised reality.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 165 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 26 16%
Student > Master 12 7%
Researcher 10 6%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 5%
Student > Postgraduate 7 4%
Other 31 19%
Unknown 71 43%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 56 34%
Business, Management and Accounting 5 3%
Unspecified 4 2%
Environmental Science 4 2%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 2%
Other 21 13%
Unknown 72 44%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 November 2023.
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#2,991,313
of 24,871,898 outputs
Outputs from British Dental Journal
#717
of 6,321 outputs
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#53,165
of 321,691 outputs
Outputs of similar age from British Dental Journal
#16
of 83 outputs
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