Sustainability in Dentistry
Speaker: Dr Zahra Shehabi
Tuesday 11th March 2025 7.30pm UK time
Aims: To discuss the climate crisis and its relevance to dental care provision
Learning outcomes:
- Discuss the current global climate state and its relevance to healthcare
- Familiarise with national policy regarding environmental health
- Understand the relevance of the climate crisis to healthcare
- Discuss steps dental healthcare professionals can take to reduce the environmental impacts of dental care
GDC outcomes B and C
Zahra is a Consultant in Special Care Dentistry at the Royal London Dental Hospital. She completed MSc's in Sedation and Special Care Dentistry and Healthcare Management in 2016. Zahra currently sits on the Board for the Society for the Advancement of Anaesthesia in Dentistry (SAAD) and is heavily involved in undergraduate and postgraduate sedation teaching. Zahra was appointed as a Sustainability Clinical Fellow in 2023 at Barts Health NHS Trust given her recent interest on the impacts of the climate crisis on health. She has since given many national presentations, taken part in a podcast on sustainability and won the HQIP Sustainability Hero award.