Partnering for sustainable practices and oral health awareness
We're proud to partner with the FDI World Dental Federation (FDI) on the two important initiatives "Sustainability in Dentistry" and "World Oral Health Day." Our goal is to increase awareness of sustainable practices within the dental community and to educate the public about the importance of maintaining oral health. Join us in our mission to make a positive impact on our planet and our well-being. Learn more about these initiatives below!
Sustainability in Dentistry
Promoting Sustainable Dentistry
We've joined Haleon (formerly GSK Consumer Healthcare), Procter & Gamble, Colgate, and TePe as founding partners with FDI to promote sustainability in dentistry amongst practitioners, patients, and throughout the supply chain.
By uniting key peers from the wider life sciences sector, FDI, and our customers, this partnership will create a new wave of sustainable action within dentistry and set an ambitious benchmark. On a practical level, it will equip dentists and their teams with the tools and resources to improve sustainability in their dental practices while informing the public of the role they can play in ensuring a sustainable future for dentistry, both through improved oral health and by making informed decisions.
A key milestone was reached in March 2022, as the Consensus Statement on Environmentally Sustainable Oral Healthcare was finalized! A comprehensive document that identifies current behaviors and proposes strategies aimed at reducing the environmental impact of the dental industry. The Consensus Statement is the outcome of a multi-stakeholder collaboration – above-mentioned key partners, representatives from various dental associations around the world, analyzed, completed, and documented by the dedicated Task Force of FDI. It resulted in a Pledge to deliver Sustainable Oral Health which inviting dental professionals to show their support environmental sustainability within oral healthcare. Additionally, an interactive Sustainability in Dentistry toolkit was created to help dentists and their teams discover concrete actions to take in order to reduce the environmental impact of the dental practice. Join us and take action for a more sustainable dentistry by signing FDI's Sustainability Pledge and discover the interactive toolkit to take part in the sustainability challenges.
Sustainability for the Dental Industry
Educational Curriculum
You want to learn more about the FDI’s Pledge to deliver sustainable oral health and actions you can take to work more sustainably in your practice? Discover our new Sustainability Educational Curriculum to learn what sustainability means for the dental industry and why it is so important. During several inspiring, interactive courses, we will introduce you to key terms, goals and initiatives and you can earn CE credits.
World Oral Health Day
Dentsply Sirona proudly supports World Oral Health Day
As part of Dentsply Sirona's sustainability strategy, "BEYOND: Taking action for a brighter world," the company has committed to promoting World Oral Health Day (WOHD) and its aim of raising awareness of oral health as a key factor in living a longer, healthier life.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has adopted a global strategy on oral health – a major step toward improving oral health around the globe. This strategy aligns oral healthcare with primary healthcare and sets a bold vision for universal health coverage for oral health preventive care and treatment to reach all people by 2030. It also bolsters our mission as a company and our commitment to go BEYOND through our sustainability program and our support of WOHD.
Celebrated annually on 20 March, WOHD was launched by FDI World Dental Federation to raise global awareness on the prevention and control of oral diseases, which affect nearly 3.5 billion people worldwide. This year’s campaign theme “A healthy mouth is a healthy body” draws attention to the importance of oral health for general health. Oral diseases are a major health concern which negatively impact people throughout their lives and they are often linked to other serious health issues. Yet most oral health conditions are largely preventable and can be treated in their early stages.
To this end, the company has put into place a number of actions on WOHD and throughout the coming year: Dentsply Sirona has made available a Patient Education Toolkit for use in dental practices and will run promotional activities on its social media channels as well as an awareness campaign internally for its employees. The company is also the global sponsor of FDI's 2024 WOHD Award for “Most engaging community campaign” to promote oral health.
Oral Health Facts
Oral health is central to every person’s overall health, happiness and well-being.
Nearly 3.5 million people around the world suffer from oral diseases. Having gum disease increases the risk of a first heart attack by 64%- According to a 2016 study by the Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden.
People who have lost 5 or more teeth by the age of 65 are more likely to suffer cardiovascular disease, diabetes and osteoporosis- all of which severely limit their life expectancy.
Oral health can be directly connected to your racial, ethnic and socioeconomic background. 28% of non-Hispanic Black Children aged 2 to 5 have cavities in their primary teeth compared with 18% of non-Hispanic white children.
Globally, it is estimated that 530 million children suffer from tooth decay in their primary teeth, which can lead to pain, infection, tooth loss and missed school days.
