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Toolkit Supporting Green Dental Practice Is Now Available

By Kristen Pratt Machado On Sep 13, 2022 0

The FDI World Dental Federation has created a toolkit designed to support dental practices in becoming more environmentally sustainable. The toolkit comes after the organization released a report “Consensus Statement on Environmentally Sustainable Oral Healthcare” that detailed issues faced by dental teams in reducing the environmental impact of their practices. The toolkit offers interactive platforms to guide practices on greener strategies and also provides dental teams with the ability to earn awards for making sustainable choices. Click here to read more.

Kristen Pratt Machado

Kristen Pratt Machado is executive editor for Dimensions of Dental Hygiene and Decisions in Dentistry and director of publishing operations for Belmont Business Media. She has been with the company since its inception in 2001.

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