Drivers, opportunities and best practice for sustainability in dentistry: A scoping review

Digital Entrepreneurship via Sustainable Online Communication of Dentistry Profession, Oradea, Romania: A Longitudinal Analysis

“…The inventory of recommendations and examples of environmentally sustainable practices are important resources for the profession, but their implementation faces several barriers. One of these, according to the authors, is a "perceived disengagement" between citizenship responsibility and the responsibility of professional activities [31,32].…”

Quantification of single use plastics waste generated in clinical dental practice and hospital settings

“…There is though, a recognition of the need to transfer the plastic used from its current linear life cycle of synthesis from fossil-based constituents and waste management to a circular plastic economy [42,43]. A circular economy uses renewable and/or biobased constituent materials for the fabrication of SUP items with the subsequent recovery and recycling as valued feedstock for the synthesis of new plastics.…”

Sustainable Oral Healthcare: A Joint Stakeholder Approach

“…The statement further emphasises the routes to sustainability in oral health care, drawing on evidence from the published literature. 4 , 5 Each of these routes is considered in a 3-step process that sequentially informs future strategy, including positive actions that should be implemented across the sector: Awareness and C hallenges . This recognises the importance of raising awareness of the impact of oral health professional practices and consumer behaviours on the environment, and it identifies the challenges that all stakeholders face to improve dissemination and understanding in this space.…”

“…A comprehensive strategic action framework in the consensus statement, identifies agreed objectives and actions achievable through the different 'Routes to Sustainability' that are based on the themes identified in the literature 4 , 5 ( Figure 1 ).…”

“…The first part, investigated the awareness and challenges to sustainability in dentistry 4 and, the second part, the drivers and opportunities to sustainability in dentistry. 5 This key baseline study establishes a comprehensive review of the environmental sustainability of oral health provision in dentistry. This was investigated through the lens of identified themes that subsequently provided the framework for the routes to sustainability identified in the consensus statement ( Figure 1 ).…”