G. Saraswathy*, A. Sujatha, M. B. Aswath Narayanan, S. G. Ramesh Kumar, A. Leena Selvamary

Dentistry is a quintessential curative and foremost healing profession. Traditionally, Dentistry produces waste materials that may cause harm to the soil and to the biosphere. Extreme climate change, increased pollution, diminishing green spaces and vanishing plant and wildlife species are testaments to the need for a change in the environment. Dentistry as a profession has contributed to a heavy load of metallic waste on the environment and has over exploited the water and the electricity for various dental procedures, which specifically emphasize the thrust to move towards “green dentistry”. Eco-friendly dentistry is an intellectual way of dental practice which is environment friendly and at the same time conserves money and time by reducing waste, decreasing pollution, and conserving energy with the use of latest techniques and procedures. This literature review article provides an insight on series of ‘green’ recommendations that dentists around the world can implement to become leading Stewards of the environment