Diş Hekimliği Alanında Akademik Analizler, Doç. Dr. Nasibe Aycan Yılmaz, Editör, Yaz Yayınları, Afyonkarahisar, ss.2-15, 2024
Ensuring high-quality and environmentally sustainable oral health for the community is crucial. Only through this can health services for current and future generations be provided while minimizing adverse environmental impacts. Insufficient knowledge, awareness, and educational programs are commonly observed in the literature and are recognized as barriers to engaging in eco-friendly behaviors. Many studies suggest that dental education institutions, along with organizations regulating dental education and infection control, should support the inclusion of environmental sustainability facilitators in curricula Efficient life cycle analysis studies are required to furnish essential data for dental materials, thereby facilitating the reduction of their usage.Despite the perception that sustainable practices increase costs, adopting energy efficiency measures reduces energy expenses.Additionally, environmental improvement measures and reliable supply policies strengthen the economy, while green energy usage mitigates the effects of fluctuating global oil prices.Incorporating sustainable development goals into everyday routines and promoting the shift towards a green economy for the betterment of everyone's health and well-being should be a prominent objective across all spheres of life.