Dental Product Shopper Champions "Green Week" in Celebration of Earth Day

April 18, 2011 - PRLog -- In celebration of Earth Day (April 22), Dental Product Shopper is hosting “Green Week,” spotlighting manufacturers and products in the dental industry. Green Week will take place across all of our social media platforms as a way to engage and inform consumers on the value, importance, and urgency of environmental sustainability in the dental world.

Be sure to check in with Dental Product Shopper each day for new tips and tricks, trivia, and conversations about green dentistry with dental professionals from all across the country to find out how you can go green and save money doing it!

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Today, we’re serving up some of our favorite environmentally friendly products:

Discus Dental’s Joysence
(http://www.dentalproductshopper.com/joysence):
This line of aromatherapy products is made with all natural ingredients and is paraben-free, providing patients and clinicians with tranquility and peace, while also making dental offices a little greener. Joysence hand sanitizer is EDA approved.

Midmark’s PowerVac
(http://www.dentalproductshopper.com/powervac-g)
Looking for a truly energy efficient dental vacuum? The PowerVac G can save an office up to 83% of the energy required to run a similar sized vacuum system.

DentalEZ’s EverLight
(http://www.dentalproductshopper.com/everlight)
The EverLight is a cool, quiet, and environmentally friendly operatory light that consumes 70% less energy and lasts 10 times longer than halogens.

Ho Dental’s Harmony Anterior Trays
(http://www.dentalproductshopper.com/harmony-anterior-trays)
The Harmony Anterior Tray, the first biodegradable dual-arch tray, allows clinicians to capture the prepared teeth, the opposing arch, and the bite registration with one “green” device made from corn starch.

Medicom’s SafeGauze Green
(http://www.dentalproductshopper.com/safegauze-green-nonwoven-gauze-sponges)
SafeGauze Green nonwoven gauze sponges are made from organically grown cotton and lyocell, and are 100% natural and 100% biodegradable.

To browse a complete list of EDA accepted products, visit the EDA website at http://www.ecodentistry.org/?productguidemain

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