Overview of Certification
EDA Certification is a comprehensive program for dental offices that rewards eco-friendly initiatives in the areas of:
- Dental Processes & Prodedures
- Office Administration and Marketing
- Office Design, Furnishings & Construction
The EDA's GreenDOC Dental Office Certification Program guides your practice through a series of How To Guides, Action Plans and Worksheets to document your eco-friendly initiatives and achieve Bronze, Silver or Gold EDA Certification.
To become certified, register to receive the GreenDOC How To Guide, Action Plans and Worksheets. A Program Manager will guide you through the step-by-step process.
To get started on greening, check out the GreenDOC Product Guide (available to the public) and the GreenDOC Checklist of Standards and Best Practices for Green Dental Offices (available to EDA Members).
 GreenDOC How To Guides
The GreenDOC How To Guides provide speicifc measures that qualify a practice for certification. The How To Guides walk offices through each initiative providing a background regarding the benefit to planet, patients, and/or practice, and how to gain points toward certification for acheiving the standard.
 GreenDOC Action Plans
The GreenDOC Action Plans help dental practices to document and create policies to maintain their office's green initiatives over time, and to easily introduce your eco-friendly initiatives to employees, service providers and patients. GreenDOC Action plans can also be used to document eco-friendly initiatives an office isn't implementing now, but plans to in the future.
 GreenDOC Worksheets
GreenDOC Worksheets are simple forms dental offices submit to the Association verifying their green initiatives, and documenting the points awarded for each. GreenDOC Worksheets make it simple for dental offices to track their points toward EDA Bronze, Silver, or Gold Certification.
GreenDOC Categories of Eco-Friendly Dental Practice
The GreenDOCTM Program makes getting certified easy by organizing green office initiatives into eight categories of eco-friendly practice, providing a comprehensive, eco-friendly model for the dental office that is documented with simple-to-use GreenDOC Program components.
The GreenDOCTM Program is organized into the following categories of eco-friendly initiatives:
 Sustainable Location
 Waste Reduction
 Pollution Prevention
 Energy Conservation
 Water Conservation
 Patient Care, Workplace Policies & Community Contribution
 Leadership
 Innovation
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"When I opened my new practice, we considered every opportunity to reduce waste. Making the switch to cloth sterilization products was surprisingly simple. Our patients truly love it, and appreciate our efforts!"
-Dr. Preston Brown, DDS
San Francisco, CA
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