{"id":2273,"date":"2018-04-04T13:27:55","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T07:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esdo.org\/?p=2273"},"modified":"2018-04-04T13:27:55","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T07:27:55","slug":"dr-humayun-kabir-bulbul-an-undisputed-leader-of-bangladesh-dental-society-got-recognition-for-practicing-mercury-free-dentistry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/dr-humayun-kabir-bulbul-an-undisputed-leader-of-bangladesh-dental-society-got-recognition-for-practicing-mercury-free-dentistry\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Humayun Kabir Bulbul, An Undisputed Leader of Bangladesh Dental Society got recognition for practicing &#8216;Mercury-Free Dentistry&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Dhaka, 3 April 2018: <\/em><em>Secretary General of Bangladesh Dental Society and one of the most renowned dental surgeons, Dr. Humayun Kabir Bulbul got recognition for being Mercury-Free. His dental chamber named &#8216;Orient Dental&#8217; situated in Shantinagar, Dhaka got an appreciation as a &#8216;Mercury-Free Dental Chamber&#8217; <\/em><em>by Bangladesh Dental Society-BDS and Environment and Social development Organization-ESDO. In 28 January, 2018, ESDO and BDS in collaboration with World Alliance for Mercury-Free Dentistry and Asian Center for Environmental Health inaugurated the program as a part of their vibrant campaign to ban mercury from dentistry in Bangladesh through visiting and recognizing mercury-free dental chambers. Dr. Humayun, the principal dentist of the dental chamber was provided with a sticker logo denoting &#8216;Mercury-Free Dental Chamber&#8217; for his chamber.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>ESDO in collaboration with BDS started its mercury-free dentistry initiatives in Bangladesh in 2013. Earlier in 10 March, 2018, a great endeavor has been made by Bangladesh Dental Society towards the establishment of Mercury-Free Dentistry in Bangladesh. BDS made a declaration on \u2018Phase out Mercury Dental Amalgam in the treatment of pregnant women, nursing mother and children within June, 2018\u2019 through a press briefing.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Humayun Kabir Bulbul said, \u201cBy 2018 BDS is going to ensure mercury-free dental treatment for children, pregnant women and nursing mother. So this kind of initiative is not only praiseworthy but also timely demanded action. I encourage all the professional dentists as well as young practitioners to practice mercury free dentistry. We want every dental chamber of our country as mercury-free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Syed Marghub Murshed said, &#8220;There is no room for mercury in dental treatment. We are on the verge of phasing out mercury amalgam from dentistry. What is most needed now is a regulation on the ban of mercury dental amalgam in Bangladesh.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dhaka, 3 April 2018: Secretary General of Bangladesh Dental Society and one of the most renowned dental surgeons, Dr. Humayun Kabir Bulbul got recognition for being Mercury-Free. His dental chamber named &#8216;Orient Dental&#8217; situated in Shantinagar, Dhaka got an appreciation as a &#8216;Mercury-Free Dental Chamber&#8217; by Bangladesh Dental Society-BDS and Environment and Social development Organization-ESDO. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press_release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2275,"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273\/revisions\/2275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}