136 Glebe Point Road, Glebe NSW
Eco Dental
A treatment room at Eco Dental lit by its skylight, the screen on the wall beside the chair

Eco friendly

Eco Technology

Most of a practice’s environmental footprint is decided the day it buys its equipment. We chose instruments that use less, waste less and hurt less.

Radiation dose than film
Lower
Processing chemicals
0
Putty impressions posted
0
  • Digital radiography

    Film was replaced entirely. Digital sensors need a fraction of the exposure — up to ninety per cent less radiation for you — and there is no developer, no fixer and no lead foil to dispose of.

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    Images appear on screen beside the chair, so you see what we see.

  • Intraoral scanning

    A wand replaces the tray of alginate. No putty, no gagging, no plaster models, and no courier driving impressions across Sydney to a laboratory.

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    The file is emailed; the restoration is milled from it.

  • Low-dose imaging, taken sparingly

    An image is taken when it will change what we do, not on a schedule.

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    Digital sensors need a fraction of film’s exposure, and the previous dentist’s X-rays are re-used wherever they are recent enough to be useful.

  • Sterilisation over disposal

    Steel instruments are cleaned in an ultrasonic bath and steam-sterilised in a tracked autoclave.

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    The single-use plastic alternative is cheaper for a practice to run; it is not cheaper for anyone else.

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