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Clean and green: This month, the Eco-Dentist, Davinder Raju, discusses how you can create a more eco-friendly bathroom in your dental practice. Earlier this month, Japan’s oldest communal toilet, the Tosu, which dates back to the Muromachi period (about 500 hundred years ago), was accidentally damaged after it was hit by a car. Ironically, the…
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Dr Davinder Raju, also known as ‘The Eco Dentist’, outlines how preventive dentistry is the foundation of sustainable dentistry. ‘Every time we need to do a patient intervention, the patient has to come into the practice, which is resource intensive,’ says Dr Davinder Raju, lead dentist at Dove Holistic Dental Centre. ‘We use materials, energy…
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‘Greener dentistry is possible’: This month Davinder Raju, the Eco Dentist, lists simple changes you can make to your reception area to make it more sustainable. We are seeing more and more small businesses taking the lead and playing a role in creating a more sustainable future through their actions. In trying to make dentistry…
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As concern for the environment rises, Davinder Raju discusses the importance of avoiding ‘greenwashing’ and how it can damage patient trust. An ever-increasing number of individuals want to do the right thing for the environment. They prefer to purchase sustainable, eco-friendly products and services. Moreover, consumers are willing to pay a premium for such goods…
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This month Davinder Raju, the Eco Dentist explores how prevention, minimal intervention treatment, and using less resources is important for the environment. Once in a while, I’m asked where the idea of setting up an eco-friendly dental practice and practising Green Dentistry came from. And I respond by saying ‘connection’. Please let me elaborate. The…
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From toothpaste tubes to disposable gloves, dentistry is a huge contributor of plastic waste. This month Dr Davinder Raju discusses sustainable changes for practices and patients. Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland developed the first fully synthetic plastic in 1907. Over 100 years later, plastic(s) remain valuable materials for modern society. Because of plastic’s versatility and low…
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This month, Davinder Raju suggests simple ways practices, and more importantly their teams, can change the status quo. As a member of the dental profession, I believe we are intelligent and talented members of society. We are proficient at assessing risk and then prepared to take the necessary steps to ensure we provide appropriate patient-focused…
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It’s more important dental practices start on their eco journey than try to achieve perfection, Davinder Raju, The Eco Dentist, says. It was good to attend the GSK-sponsored sustainable dentistry meeting at the BDIA in March. Ben Atkins enthusiastically hosted it. And the panel of contributors included Amy Reilly from the Clyde Munroe Group, who…
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This month Davinder Raju takes a closer look at heating and some alternative more eco-friendly ways to power a dental practice. With the wholesale cost of natural methane gas continuing to rise, the UK, a net importer of the gas, is currently in a state of crisis. We are particularly vulnerable to gas price rises.…
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This month The Eco Dentist questions what your purpose is and whether it is more than maximising profits. What sort of dental practice do you want to create and build? Yes, you want to provide great dentistry for your patients, and what else? And you want to offer a great service? Definitely a yes, and,…
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Davinder Raju starts his new column as The Eco Dentist and asks whether you’re considering how you run your dental practice. Have you watched Simon Sinek’s timeless TED Talk: ‘Start with why – how great leaders inspire action’? It’s a great talk about knowing the big ‘why’ behind the big decisions you make. For example…
