Find Yourself An Eco-friendly Dentist

Transcendentist is the USA’s first official eco-friendly dentist.

To achieve becoming the first dentist to receive green business certification from the Bay Area Green Business Program they have an impressive list of eco-friendly measures:

• The wallpapers are made of reclaimed paper pulp and bark.
• The floors were refinished with water-based polyurethane, the carpets are made of untreated wool, and the flooring is Marmoleum®, a natural alternative to vinyl which is made of flax, wood flour and rosins.
• Much of the furniture is made of recycled woods, and is covered in cottons, silks and wool and stuffed with kapok, which comes from a silk-cotton tree.
• Use only steam-based instrument sterilization, which contains no harmful chemicals.
• There is a special filtration system to allow environmentally sound disposal of old mercury fillings, to prevent pollution of the water system.
• All of the paper in the office is recycled, and they use digital patient charting to reduce paper use.
• They wrap instruments in surgical-grade cloth, not disposable plastic or paper.
• They use digital imaging (not traditional x-rays), which apparently means 75-90% less radiation for you and no toxic x-ray development chemicals.
• Instead of paper head rest covers and patient “bibs”, they are made of pure cotton terry cloth, washed on-site in an energy efficient washer and dryer using natural detergents and disinfectants.
• The office is cleaned only with environmentally safe cleaning methods.

Very nice.

[Via Springwise]