reduces waste and pollution Learn more about the environmental impacts of dentistry.
saves water, energy and money Find out how going green benefits the bottom line.
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Green dentistry is good for the planet, your patients, and your practice bottom line. Visit our home page often for updates to green dentistry standards, products, and resources.
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The GreenDOC Product Guide will be available Thursday, February 4th. We are making pre-launch updates due to the excellent response of dental product and service providers at the Yankee Dental Congress!
Featured Topics
> Separate it!Every dentist placing or removing amalgams needs an amalgam separator.
> Get Certified! The GreenDOC Dental Office Certification Program sets the standards for green dentistry and offers EDA Certification for dental offices.
> Go Green, Save Green!Natural Logic Sustainability Consulting research shows that going green can increase your practice bottom-line by $50,000 every year!
> Sign the "Save 90 A Day" Campaign pledge! Be a part of the solution to the water crisis by instructing your patients to turn off the tap while brushing.
> Information and resources for dental students. > Keep drugs out of our water supply. Learn more about environmentally safe medicine disposal through the Teleosis Institute Green Pharmacy Program.
The Eco-Dentistry Association is at the forefront of dentistry's green wave. We are the industry's primary resource for green dentistry standards, best practices, and continuing education.
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> Schedule an EDA Speaker EDA Speakers' Board offer topics ranging from clinical green dentistry to marketing and management.
> GreenDOC Product Guide List your eco-friendly dental product or service in the industry's only comprehensive guide for eco-friendly practitioners.
Dr. Liza Fartash embraces a philosophy of care that is anchored in environmentally friendly dentistry, ethics, and a committment to excellence. Dr. Fartash graduated from the prestigious USC dental school in 1994 and opened her first practice, Red Hill Dental, in San Mateo, CA in 2000. In 2008, Dr Fartsah expanded her practice and opened Elite Dental in a new, San Jose location, focusing on leading edge technology, patient care and environmentally friendly operations.
Elite Dental is designed to reduce the overall impact of the built environment on human health and the natural environment by:
• Efficiently using energy, water, and other resources
• Protecting occupant health and improving employee productivity
• Reducing waste and pollution
• Using low-VOC paints
• Incorporating oxygen-producing live plants
Elite Dental minimizes environmental impact and implements the latest technology for diagnosis and treatment delivery by using:
• Digital Imaging
• Mercury traps and an amalgam separator
• Cloth head rest covers
• Cloth tray covers
• Cloth lab coats
• Cotton Towels in the washroom
• Stainless-steel saliva ejectors
• Digital practice management software
• Invoicing, appointment verification and scheduling through email when possible
Patients at Elite Dental value the technology used for diagnosis and treatments, feel comfortable & relaxed in the eco-friendly spa environment, and appreciate the measures to minimize the impact on the planet. Patients often comment that Elite Dental "doesn't feel like a dental office" and find themselves remarkably relaxed in the fresh, eco-friendly office. Elite Dental patients appreciate the opportunity to choose a dental practice that shares their values, and to support the practice's green initiatives by choosing electronic invoicing, scheduling and appointment verification.
Dr. Fartash is an active member of numerous non-profit organizations helping local and international communities. The EDA is a forum for Dr. Fartash to access and share information with other practicing dentists to better serve her patients while minimizing environmental impact.
If every dentist installed a mercury waste amalgam separator, we would divert 3.7 tons of mercury-containing waste each year.
By converting to digital x-rays, a typical office can prevent disposal of at least 200 liters of toxic x-ray fixer and 17,200 lead foils in just five years.
Installing energy-efficient flourescent lighting saves 2645 kilowatts of electrical energy and reduces CO2 emissions by 1375 pounds per year in the average dental office.
By switching to reusable and non-toxic disinfection methods, the dental industry would prevent 680 million plastic and paper chair barriers, light handle covers and patient bibs, and 1.7 billion instrument sterilization pouches from ending up in landfills yearly.
Digital patient charting saves as much as 10,000 sheets of paper a year in the typical dental practice.
The Eco-Dentistry Association is at the forefront of dentistry's green wave. We are the industry's primary resource for green dentistry standards, best practices, and continuing education. 
