• Digital X-rays - Going digital eliminates the need for hazardous chemicals.  It also eliminates the need for the plastic casing, cardboard paper and most important, the lead lining to the X-ray film!
• Emailing X-rays to dentists and specialist - Most offices still send cellulose X-rays and printed photos by conventional mail. Emailing X-rays and photos eliminates the need for paper and stamps, which saves a tree.
• Paperless charting -  We no longer buy thousands of chart holders, paper treatment cards, plastic sleeves for the charts, metal clips for the charts, and plastic file letters.
• We have recycling bins in all parts of our office for paper and plastics.
• We stopped using paper cups and paper plates in our staff lunch room.
• We recharge empty toner cartridges.
• We switched from “wooden nickels” for our patient motivation program to metal coins that can be disinfected and reused when they are returned- saving more trees.
• We now print our Christmas/holiday cards and hand them out to our patients instead of mailing in an envelope with a stamp.  This saves paper.
• We turn computer workstations off at night.

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