At Tooth Dental we believe that dentistry shouldn’t ‘cost the Earth’. In 2015 when Dr Lou set up Tooth Dental, she wanted to make the practice as ECO Friendly as possible.

Our eco ethos doesn’t affect our high standard of dentistry, strict infection control procedures or patient care, it simply means that at each stage we have considered how we could reduce our carbon foot print from the reception, tea room, the surgeries, sterilisation room and even the bathroom!

Our aim is to reuse, recycle and reduce our waste, water and energy as much as possible.

Reception and patient lounge:

We use LED lighting were possible.
We aim to be paperless and opt out of paper correspondence wherever possible. All our medical history forms are conveniently completed on an ipad, saving time and paper
We recycle all our toners and batteries at appropriate facilities.
Any professional printing is done on recycled paper or stock card (but we’d still prefer to just email)

The tea room:

Our staff created a policy for no disposable coffee cups, water bottles and takeaway containers. We love our keep cups!
We have a comprehensive recycling system. All food waste is placed in our Bokashi bin and then used to fertilise our plants and gardens. All cardboard, plastic and bottles are separated and recycled. We are working really hard to minimise what goes into our general waste

In the Surgery:

Dentistry is traditionally a large contributor to single-use plastic. We use reusable instruments and materials wherever possible. If it can be autoclaved, we use it!
We don’t offer amalgam fillings, all our composite resin fillings are free from Bisphenol A (BPA)
We said no to paper/ plastic cups! Our patient cups are all stainless steel and are autoclavable.
We use digital radiographs, eliminating the need for film and disposing of hazardous developing chemical. Plus reducing radiation exposure for patients.
Our patient packs are no longer in paper bags, we said goodbye to patient brochures and simplified the pack.
We offer great ECO and biodegradable alternatives to traditional oral care products (Eco Floss, Bamboo tooth brushes and tooth paste tablets)
We use autoclavable microfibre cloths in the sterilising room, rather than paper towel or single use microfibre towel

In The bathroom:

We use cotton hand towels in our bathroom, these are washed and line dried.
Our toilet paper is 100% recycled by Who Gives a Crap

Things we are working on changing:

Changing all of our lab impressions to a digital scanner, reducing impression material, packaging and transport.

We are continuously looking at new and improved ways to reduce our footprint, if you have any suggestions, we’d love to hear them!

Oral Care Product Recycling

We are a proud collector for the Terracycle Colgate Oral Care Brigade. We encourage all patients to bring their used oral care products to their next appointment. Anyone from the local community (you don’t have to be a patient) is welcome to drop their dental products in our recycle bin free of charge. We have even got some of our local Kindy’s involved helping us collect products!

We donate all proceeds from our recycling program to a children’s charity, The Starlight Foundation.

What can be recycled?

Any brand of:

Empty floss containers
Cardboard packaging from toothpaste & toothbrushes
Empty toothpaste tubes and pumps
Electric toothbrush heads

Looking for an emergency dentist in Ashgrove? Please read on. In any case of dental emergency it is very important to contact the dentist as soon as possible to try and find out if the situation requires immediate treatment or if it can wait until morning. An emergency trip to the dentist can be required for many reasons including an aching tooth, trauma, a broken tooth or a facial swelling.

In cases of dental trauma, such as if you’ve tripped over and broken your front tooth, treatment is recommended within 60 minutes in case the nerve of the tooth has been exposed. Immediate dental treatment is also needed for teeth that have been pushed out of position, into the gums or knocked out completely. This is a true emergency and immediate treatment can help save your tooth or teeth.

A chipped or broken tooth is often a pain, like when you bite down on a fork by mistake or crunch on a nut and something extra crunchy comes out with it. This tooth or teeth will often need attention within a couple of days if its painful, or within a week if its not painful. Left untreated you can have food packing into the broken area, decay and gum swelling can develop. We can usually fix your tooth right up and prevent all these problems.

An aching tooth can be absolutely awful. It can keep you awake at night, making you tired and just feeling dreadful. Often aching teeth are the result of decay making its way deep into the tooth close to the nerve. This happens over time, and left unchecked can cause nerve pain or even an infection or abscess. The best thing to do is to get your tooth looked at by the dentist within a couple of days. It can be just a filling in some cases, but is usually something more involved and the sooner you get to it the easier it is to fix. To prevent these kinds of aches regular checks and cleans help to prevent cavities or treat them nice and early so its simple and easy.

A facial swelling in the lower face is often an abscess or infection of the gums or tooth that has spread to the cheek. This infection needs to be addressed quickly as the infection can spread beyond the cheeks below the chin and can become life threatening. Your dentist may need to drain the swelling, prescribe antibiotics, remove a tooth or start a root canal treatment to save the tooth.

In cases of dental emergency, don’t wait. Get in contact with the dentist as soon as possible to find out what you need to do. If you need an emergency dentist in Brisbane please click here to book online or call 3366 1737.

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