backgrounds and objectives:today, one of the most important environmental issues is solid waste produced in dentistry that because of the presence of hazardous, toxic and pathogen agents has special importance. in this survey, solid waste produced in hamadan dentistry laboratories and practical dentist offices is studied.materials and methods: in this descriptive study, from 24 dentistry labora...

Introduction: Dental wastes are a main part of urban solid wastes in each society and have pathogenic agents and toxic chemicals, which put health of patients, personnel and other referees to dental clinics in danger. The present study  was done to recognize the quality and quantity of the different generated wastes at various parts of the Faculty of Dentistry-Babol University of Medical S...

Medical wastes include all infectious waste, hazardous (including low-level radioactive) wastes, and any other wastes that are generated from all types of health care institutions, including hospitals, clinics, doctor (including dental and veterinary) offices, and medical laboratories (42). 1 The main focus of concern has been on the portion of medical wastes that are defined as infectious, and...

conclusions according to this study, pumice powder and slurry used in dental laboratories of hamadan are contaminated. therefore, the laboratory staff should be aware of the hazards posed by the presence of pathogens in dental laboratories. materials and methods forty specimens, including 20 pumice powders and 20 pumice slurries were collected from 10 randomly selected dental laboratories and i...

BACKGROUND The heightened awareness within organized dentistry of environmental issues led the ADA Council on Scientific Affairs to develop recommendations on proper management of silver and lead wastes. OVERVIEW This council report provides recommendations on managing silver waste (in used fixer solution) and lead waste (in used intraoral film packets, lead aprons and lead collars) through r...

Abstract Aims and Objective The present survey was done to assess the knowledge, awareness, practice of undergraduate students, postgraduate practitioners about disposal common biomedical wastes materials used in dentistry regularly. Materials Methods (23 questions) conducted on 162 participants categorized as undergraduates (n = 54), postgraduates 54) their practice. Results When questioned wh...

Dr. Farahani prefers to use the term “ecofriendly” to “green” to describe his practice. While the definition of “green” is open to interpretation, he defines “eco-friendly” dentistry as an approach to dentistry that implements sustainable practices by keeping resource consumption in line with nature’s economy, by safeguarding the external environment through the elimination or reduction of out...