Environmental sustainability in endodontics. A life cycle assessment (LCA) of a root canal treatment procedure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To analyse via life cycle analysis (LCA) the global resource use and environmental output of the endodontic procedure.

Methodology

An LCA was conducted to measure the life cycle of a standard/routine two-visit RCT. The LCA was conducted according to the International Organization of Standardization guidelines; ISO 14040:2006. All clinical elements of an endodontic treatment (RCT) were input into OpenLCA software using process and flows from the ecoinvent database. Travel to and from the dental clinic was not included. Environmental outputs included abiotic depletion, acidification, freshwater ecotoxicity/eutrophication, human toxicity, cancer/non cancer effects, ionizing radiation, global warming, marine eutrophication, ozone depletion, photochemical ozone formati

SUBMITTER: Duane B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7708105 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature