Centre for Dental Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, Turner Street, London, E1 2AD, UK.
Harvard School of Dental Medicine, 188 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Br Dent J. 2021 May;230(9):605-610. doi: 10.1038/s41415-021-2942-y. Epub 2021 May 14.
Introduction Very little is known about the knowledge and attitudes of dental students and educators regarding environmental sustainability in dentistry (ESD), the presence of ESD in dental curricula, and barriers and enablers to embracing ESD in dental education.Methods A cross-sectional survey using piloted online questionnaires for students and educators was carried out at the Institute of Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London and at Harvard School of Dental Medicine. Data analysis included descriptive statistics and thematic analysis.Results ESD does not exist formally in the dental curricula at either institution. Despite poor knowledge, students and educators had very positive attitudes to embracing ESD in the curricula. The most noted barriers were lack of knowledge about ESD, lack of time for preparing ESD content, lack of ESD educational materials and infection control regulations. Enablers included embedding ESD in UK and US dental education standards, having institutional backing and support in terms of providing training, educational materials, capacity and incentives, as well as adopting a critical evidence-informed approach in reforming current infection control regulations.Conclusions Dental education and infection control regulatory bodies, as well as dental institutions, can embed ESD in UK and US dental curricula by supporting the implementation of identified enablers.
人们对牙科学生和教育者在牙科环境可持续性（ESD）方面的知识和态度、ESD 在牙科课程中的存在，以及在牙科教育中接受 ESD 的障碍和促进因素知之甚少。
在伦敦玛丽女王大学牙科学院和哈佛牙医学院，采用试点在线问卷对学生和教育者进行了横断面调查。数据分析包括描述性统计和主题分析。
在这两个机构的牙科课程中，ESD 都没有正式存在。尽管知识水平较低，但学生和教育者对在课程中接受 ESD 持非常积极的态度。最值得注意的障碍是缺乏 ESD 知识、缺乏准备 ESD 内容的时间、缺乏 ESD 教育材料和感染控制法规。促进因素包括将 ESD 嵌入英国和美国的牙科教育标准、在提供培训、教育材料、能力和激励措施方面得到机构支持和支持，以及在改革当前感染控制法规时采取批判性循证方法。
牙科教育和感染控制监管机构以及牙科机构可以通过支持实施已确定的促进因素，将 ESD 嵌入英国和美国的牙科课程中。
