Sustainable Dentistry
Making a Difference
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book provides the why, what and how on delivering a sustainable dental practice. Dentists have a professional duty to support optimal oral health. They also have a moral duty to do so in a way that leaves the smallest footprint on this planet and...
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This book provides the why, what and how on delivering a sustainable dental practice. Dentists have a professional duty to support optimal oral health. They also have a moral duty to do so in a way that leaves the smallest footprint on this planet and takes their impacts on the environment and society into account. This book helps the reader to develop a sustainable practice, driven by prevention and delivering the right care at the right time and at the right place, within systems of universal, needs-based access to care.Readers learn how to opt for a practice that is supplied with sustainable energy and encourages biodiversity while building models of care that maximize remote patient engagement and avoid travel. Clear guidance is given on responsible decontamination, waste management and environmentally sensitive ways of managing people with anxiety or behavioural difficulties within the dental setting. The future of dentistry products and innovations to reduce environmental impacts in the dental practice are discussed. This book is a must-have for dentists, dental students and all members of the dental team.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Sustainable Dentistry “
Sustainable Dentistry - An Urgent Need for Change.- Building a sustainable dental practice (considering the need to rebuild, material, location).- Habitat level considerations for build options.- Reducing the energy needs of your dental practice.- Prevention; The sustainable practice initiative.- A guide to how to reduce the impact of PPE in your dental practice 200.- Responsible decontamination.- Supporting people and their behaviour in the dental setting as sustainably as reasonably achievable.- Buying sustainably and ethically for the dental practice.- Responsible waste management; using resources efficiently/responsibly.- The Future of dentistry products; How can we redesign the products we create.- Sustainability: The need to transform oral health systems.- Conclusion.Autoren-Porträt
Brett Duane is passionate about sustainable healthcare. He graduated from the University of Otago, New Zealand with a degree in dentistry. He has worked in Primary dental care as an Associate Dentist in England, and a self-employed dentist in Australia and New Zealand. He has a Masters in Management in Health (University of Newcastle, Australia), a Masters in Public Health (University of Glasgow) and a PHD in Dentistry (Finland). From 2001-2005 he worked as Senior Dental Officer in an Aboriginal health service. In 2006-2010 he was Senior Dental Officer then Assistant Clinical Director (Oral Health Improvement), NHS Fife. From 2014-2015 he was Consultant in Dental Public Health in Public Health England and is currently Associate Professor in Dental Public Health, at Trinity College, Dublin. His main interests and research are the delivery of environmentally sustainable healthcare.Bibliographische Angaben
- 2024, 1st ed. 2022, XIII, 238 Seiten, Maße: 15,5 x 23,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Brett Duane
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 3031080017
- ISBN-13: 9783031080012
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
"This much needed and timely book is an interesting, insightful, and important read for all dental professionals, with those in leadership positions a key target audience. ... the contents of the book are both thought-provoking and enlightening on how we as a profession can improve. This is an excellent resource for those in positions to implement change as well as individuals who want to increase their understanding of this topic and introduce changes in their own working practice." (Ailsa Woodley, British Dental Journal, Vol. 234 (3), February, 2023)
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