Dental Susnet brings together staff, patients and others from dentistry to share ideas and resources for the transformation to a truly sustainable health service. You can also follow Dental Susnet on Twitter and Facebook.

AHP Sustainability Survey: Deadline Extended Until 31st July

NHS Improvement's AHP Sustainability Survey has 11 questions and should take about 5-15 minutes to complete:

Nordic Know-How: Nitrous Oxide Destruction

The theme of this first report in the Nordic Know-How series is nitrous oxide destruction. Nitrous oxide substantially contributes to the climate footprint of the healthcare sector. This report provides good examples on how to reduce emissions of nitrous oxide in hospitals.

Nordic Center for Sustainable Healthcare

March, 2020

impact of dental materials

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Fair trade

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The LDC supporting sustainable dentistry!

If you are a dentist in the London area you may have noticed a recent focus on Dental Sustainability in our recent news letters from the LDC Confed

“Researchers call for thoughtful waste management in dentistry”

An interesting article from Harvard school of Dental Medicine looking at the correlation between environmental and oral health:

JOB OPPORTUNITY: CSH Education Lead for Quality Improvement

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is recruiting to a new full-time, permanent position based at least two days per week in our office in Oxford. Application deadline 10 February.

Care Home Dental Provider Moves to Electric Car Shares

Dental care provider gives electric

We're scaling up to carbon-neutral healthcare

The recent huge interest in climate change has created an unprecedented demand for our charity to help people to take action.

Sustainable Dentistry Interview for Modern Dentist Magazine

Darshini Ramabasubbu and myself were interviewed by the 'Modern Dentist Magazine' in their issue titled 'Old ways won't open new doors' about envir

Case Study: Honeycomb Dental Clinic

Honeycomb Dental Clinic is an independent general dental practice in Winscombe, Somerset with a strong environmentally sustainable ethos. The setting is a detached house with 5 surgeries, 1 staff room, 1 decontamination room and a large office/ front-desk/ patients’ lounge area.

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

October, 2019

BDJ Sustainable Dentistry section

This collection of papers from the British Dental Journalexplores how dentistry can be carried out more sustainably and covers topics including procurement, climate change, waste disposal, energy use and biodiversity.

British Dental Journal

May, 2019

UNDP and SPHS member agencies seek consultancy to develop the Sustainable Procurement Index for Health (SPIH)

This is as a globally established, recognized and adaptable measurement tool for policy makers, manufacturers, suppliers, procurers, and health car

BBC news feature on single use plastic in dentistry

Great publicity for sustainable dentistry on the BBC...

Dental Susnet on Social Media

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You can now find Dental Susnet on Twitter and Facebook!

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Opportunity! Dental sustainability job June/July-August 2019

This is a short, fixed term opportunity for someone with drive and ambition to improve and embed environmental sustainability in clinical dental se

New British Dental Journal 'Sustainable Dentistry' section online

Great news for Sustainable Dentistry!

Climate advocacy networking

Doctors and all health professionals are highly respected.

Green Impact for Dentists

Green Impact is a sustainability accreditation scheme with an audit and awards element designed specifically for dental practices. It’s an international programme, recognised by UNESCO as a global laureate for education for sustainable development.

March, 2019

BDJ Sustainable Dentistry section

British Dental Journal

May, 2019

Green Impact for Dentists

March, 2019

Sustainable Dentistry: How-to Guide for Dental Practices

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, with funding from Health Education England, has developed a free-to-access Guide for improving the sustainability of a dental practice.

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

January, 2019

Sustainability in QI - the time has come!

Health systems are in constant need of improvement - and in some cases total redesign.

Sustainable dentistry: E-learning module with free CPD

Interested in Sustainable dentistry and how to make your clinical practice more eco and patient friendly as well as make cost savings? "An Introduction to Sustainable Dentistry and Measuring Carbon in Healthcare" is part of a CPD - accredited e-learning module.

CSH, Health Education England KSS

March, 2016

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Nordic Know-How: Nitrous Oxide Destruction

Nordic Center for Sustainable Healthcare

March, 2020

Case Study: Honeycomb Dental Clinic

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

October, 2019

BDJ Sustainable Dentistry section

British Dental Journal

May, 2019

Green Impact for Dentists

March, 2019

Webinar recording: Sustainable Dentistry Guide - Energy, biodiversity and green space

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare in partnership with Health Education England is hosting a webinar series to launch our how-to guide for sustainable dentistry.

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, Health Education England

March, 2019

Sustainable Dentistry: How-to Guide for Dental Practices

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, with funding from Health Education England, has developed a free-to-access Guide for improving the sustainability of a dental practice.

Centre for Sustainable Healthcare

January, 2019

The environmental impact of dental amalgam and resin-based composite materials

Abstract: Direct-placement dental restorative materials include dental amalgam, glass ionomer, resin-modified glass ionomer, compomer and resin-based composite (RBC).

Mulligan et al., British Dental Journal

April, 2018

Conference on Sustainable Dentistry: Innovation and Future-Proofing

All the presentations from the Sustainable Dentistry Conference on 29th June 2018 can now be viewed here.

July, 2018

How can Dentistry be Sustainable? An Exploratory Study

“How can Dentistry be Sustainable? An Exploratory Study” (YouTube Video of presentation of the study)

by Ian Mills (partner at Torrington Dental Practice) and Dr Jane Grose (Senior Research Fellow, Sustainability and Health, Plymouth University)

June, 2018

Carbon mitigation, patient choice and cost reduction - triple bottom line optimisation for health care planning

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June, 2018

AHP Sustainability Survey: Deadline Extended Until 31st July

NHS Improvement's AHP Sustainability Survey has 11 questions and should take about 5-15 minutes to complete:

impact of dental materials

Please see link below for the impact of dental materials article:

Fair trade

Support fairtrade

For more information visit website below

The LDC supporting sustainable dentistry!

If you are a dentist in the London area you may have noticed a recent focus on Dental Sustainability in our recent news letters from the LDC Confed

“Researchers call for thoughtful waste management in dentistry”

An interesting article from Harvard school of Dental Medicine looking at the correlation between environmental and oral health:

JOB OPPORTUNITY: CSH Education Lead for Quality Improvement

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is recruiting to a new full-time, permanent position based at least two days per week in our office in Oxford. Application deadline 10 February.

Care Home Dental Provider Moves to Electric Car Shares

Dental care provider gives electric

We're scaling up to carbon-neutral healthcare

The recent huge interest in climate change has created an unprecedented demand for our charity to help people to take action.

Sustainable Dentistry Interview for Modern Dentist Magazine

Darshini Ramabasubbu and myself were interviewed by the 'Modern Dentist Magazine' in their issue titled 'Old ways won't open new doors' about envir

UNDP and SPHS member agencies seek consultancy to develop the Sustainable Procurement Index for Health (SPIH)

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