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| DOI | 10.1038/s41415-024-7239-5 |
| A life cycle analysis of the environmental impact of procurement, waste and water in the dental practice | |
| 发表日期 | 2024 |
| ISSN | 0007-0610 |
| EISSN | 1476-5373 |
| 起始页码 | 236 |
| 结束页码 | 7 |
| 卷号 | 236期号:7 |
| 英文摘要 | Background Health care is a significant contributor to climate change. Global pressure for a change towards a more sustainable way of providing dental health care has resulted in the creation of the Green Impact Toolkit, which is comprised of a list of suggested changes that dental practices can make to become more sustainable in a number of categories, such as procurement, waste and water.Aims To compare the effectiveness of changes suggested by the Green Impact Toolkit.Materials and methods A comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) was conducted using the Ecoinvent database v3.8 and these data were processed using OpenLCA v1.10.3 software.Results The carbon footprint per patient was significantly reduced after the recommendations were implemented. For instance, using water from a rainwater collection tank instead of the mains supply saved 30 g CO2eq (carbon dioxide equivalents) per patient, a 90% reduction in carbon footprint.Discussion This comparative LCA identified some effective changes which can be easily made by a dental practice. Nevertheless, some actions require some initial financial investment and may be difficult to implement in a busy modern dental practice setting.Conclusion The findings from this study can be used to guide dental practices to making choices which are more sustainable and eco-friendly in the future. The provision of dental health care is a significant contributor to climate change which has led to the search for sustainable solutions which can be implemented in the dental practice. This study compares the effectiveness of changes recommended by the Green Impact Toolkit in relation to procurement, waste and water in the dental practice. This study provides the dental profession with evidence-based guidance on changes that can be made to reduce their carbon footprint and become more sustainable. |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS研究方向 | Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine |
| WOS类目 | Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:001202875300001 |
| 来源期刊 | BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/289023 |
| 作者单位 | Trinity College Dublin; Trinity College Dublin; Trinity College Dublin |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | . A life cycle analysis of the environmental impact of procurement, waste and water in the dental practice[J],2024,236(7). |
| APA | (2024).A life cycle analysis of the environmental impact of procurement, waste and water in the dental practice.BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL,236(7). |
| MLA | "A life cycle analysis of the environmental impact of procurement, waste and water in the dental practice".BRITISH DENTAL JOURNAL 236.7(2024). |
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