A NATURAL APPROACH TO PERIODONTICS

 

Everything a person or business does on a day-to-day basis has either a positive or negative impact on our environment, and at Frederick Periodontal Associates, we understand that it is a conscious choice and our responsibility to Mother Earth to do whatever is in our power to reduce our carbon footprint.  This is why our office makes a deliberate effort to be “green”.  Since the opening of our practice in 2007, it was a priority of owners, Dr. Hal Snyder, and his wife, Kathleen Snyder, to make Frederick Periodontal Associates an environmentally friendly practice.

 

   Efforts taken by FPA to be GREEN include: 

  • Paperless record keeping
  • Digital Xrays, which eliminates the production of photochemical wastes such as fixers, developers, and cleaners
  • Providing all-natural products by Tom’s of Maine™ and The Natural Dentist™ to patients during treatment and in their goodie-bags
  • Supporting and giving Preserve toothbrushes to our patients; these brushes are made from 100% recycled plastic and are designed by dentists and engineers to be an innovation in oral health care and eco-friendliness
  • SafeGauze Green sponges made from U.S. grown organic cotton- free of pesticides and insecticides- and Lyocell- made from wood pulp certified by the Forest Stewardship Council
  • Environmentally friendly cleaning and laundry products
  • Non-bleach cleanser, Sani-Treet Green,  flushes our water lines, which is  non-corrosive and reduces the use of hazardous materials at our office
  • Bio-degradable trash bags
  • Replacing plastic bibs with sterilized towels 
  • Natural sugar cane cups that are bio-degradable and replace non-recyclable plastic
  • Serving fair trade coffee in our waiting room
  • Energy saving light bulbs in all of the stand alone light fixtures
  • Bag-less vacuum 
  • Paperless credit card receipts
  • Recycle old printer-ink cartridges

* Our purchase of Safe Gauze Green helps support ChariTREE, a charity dedicated to children's environmental learning and tree planting, because a portion of the proceeds from every sale are given to this charity.

 

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