How dentistry is impacting the environment

Marta Mazur; Artnora Ndokaj; Maciej Jedliński; Claudio Stamegna; Denise Corridore; Mauro Capocci; Livia Ottolenghi; Fabrizio Guerra

doi:10.14616/sands-2019-6-922928

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How dentistry is impacting the environment

Karadeniz Fen Bilimleri Dergisi 2019 6 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.

Marta Mazur, Artnora Ndokaj, Maciej Jedliński, Claudio Stamegna, Denise Corridore, Mauro Capocci, Livia Ottolenghi, Fabrizio Guerra

Summary

This study examines dentistry's environmental impact in the context of the EU's 2021 single-use plastics ban, advocating for the dental industry to adopt the 4R framework—reduce, reuse, recycle, rethink—and transition to eco-friendly oral hygiene materials to shrink its ecological footprint.

In march 2019, the European Parliament has voted for a ban of single-use plastics to come into force by 2021 in all EU member states. Europe is setting new and ambitious standards, paving the way for the rest of the world. Dentistry aims to diminish its environmental footprint by adopting the 4R’s concept (reduce, reuse, recycle, rethink) and through the switch to eco-friendly home oral hygiene products.

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