Save the planet!

A dental hygienist and leading educationalist is calling on dental teams to help change the way the world’s population cleans its teeth.

Tim Ives, co-founder of the digital and eco-friendly online O’Hehir University (OHU), wants everyone in dentistry to help make a difference to global climate change by asking patients to turn off taps when brushing their teeth to minimalise the negative effect on the environment.

He is urging dental professionals to play their part in energy reduction and water preservation. He explains: ‘World leaders have been meeting to reach an agreement to reduce carbon emissions in order to decrease the heating of our planet and the subsequent dangers that would result, such as global sea level rise.