TY - JOUR
T1 - Incorporating sustainability into assessment of oral health interventions
AU - Duane, Brett
AU - Ashley, Paul
AU - Saget, Sophie
AU - Richards, Derek
AU - Pasdeki-Clewer, Eleni
AU - Lyne, Alexandra
N1 - Funding - Eastman Dental Hospital
PY - 2020/9/11
Y1 - 2020/9/11
N2 - Prior to 1966, consumers purchased food items with very little (if any) nutritional labels. Now, nutritional labelling is an integral part of informed consumer choice. This paper advocates for a similar approach for healthcare-related products, using the toothbrush as an example, with the need to quantify and publish data on their clinical efficacy and environmental impact. In this paper, we consider different manufacturing models and measure the environmental impact (carbon footprint) and also the human health impact (disability-adjusted life years [DALYs]) for the most commonly used oral health product: the toothbrush.
AB - Prior to 1966, consumers purchased food items with very little (if any) nutritional labels. Now, nutritional labelling is an integral part of informed consumer choice. This paper advocates for a similar approach for healthcare-related products, using the toothbrush as an example, with the need to quantify and publish data on their clinical efficacy and environmental impact. In this paper, we consider different manufacturing models and measure the environmental impact (carbon footprint) and also the human health impact (disability-adjusted life years [DALYs]) for the most commonly used oral health product: the toothbrush.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41415-020-1993-9
DO - 10.1038/s41415-020-1993-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 32918024
AN - SCOPUS:85090866983
SN - 0007-0610
VL - 229
SP - 310
EP - 314
JO - British Dental Journal
JF - British Dental Journal
IS - 5
ER -
