Analysis on carbon neutrality and technical difficulties for the implementation of an ecofriendly dental office
Based on the research: Analysis of the information about “carbon neutrality” and the main technical difficulties that dentists in the city of Moravia, Costa Rica, have to implement an ecofriendly modality in their dental office in the period from May to December 2016.
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https://doi.org/10.59334/ROV.v1i30.140Keywords:
Carbon neutral, ecofriendly dental clinic, contaminationAbstract
The research intends open a gate between the dental industry and ecofriendly practices, now that the tendency to have less contamination impact in a daily basis routine has risen in the past years. The topic of carbon neutrality has come to the table since it is an important complement to have a better understanding of the damage and carbon foot print that is happening in the present. As well, big part of the study was to investigate if the dentists have had any kind of information regarding ecofriendly dental offices and it requirements, as well to see which one is the biggest difficulties dentists think are pushing them back to apply this modality in their day to day routine.
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