Henry Schein Dental joined forces in March for two days with Dentaid and Asylum Link Merseyside to help up to twenty refugees in Liverpool with their oral health.

The successful delivery of the Refugee Outreach Program was a result of a close partnership from all parties, who worked together to promote and book the emergency appointments, organised sign ups and provided the required dental material to help the refugees.

Treatments were carried out by clinical volunteers in a mobile dental hub, a bus provided by Dentaid and   financed by Henry Schein Cares for the two days, in order to provide attendees on site with free oral health check-ups and any necessary dental procedures.

“Moving to the UK in 2006 from a small town in Iraq, to reunite with my refugee father, I immediately fell into a state of gratitude for the things that became easily accessible to me. As a Henry Schein team member, I wanted to help in some way. I began discussing with the Henry Schein Cares team in the UK to build the Refugee Outreach Project with the help of Dentaid,” said Belan Saied, Sales Development Representative at Henry Schein One and the driving force for the Refugee Outreach Programme. “After a year of planning, we visited Asylum Link Merseyside, where we were supported by the staff to assist refugees in the area with emergency dental issues. We were able to see patients that have never had any access to dental care or were suffering with severe dental issues.”

“I have two lasting images in my head: one was of a service user with his arm around our interpreter as he exited the van, saying thank you repeatedly, and the other was of a patient high-fiving one of our staff after his treatment. For people who society largely regards as disposable, this not only helped with their health care, but showed what a caring and compassionate bunch we can be when we put our minds to it – it helped people from top to bottom. Thanks again.” said Ewan Roberts, Centre Manager for Asylum Link Merseyside.

“It has been an amazing experience that we were happy to support. It was a pleasure to join forces with Asylum Link Merseyside and Henry Schein to make of this fantastic project a great success,” said Sarah Hutchins from Dentaid.

The Refugee Outreach Programme was supported by team members of Henry Schein Cares, the company’s global corporate social responsibility programme. It stands on five pillars: empowering team Schein to reach their potential, advancing health equity and expanding access to care for underserved communities, accelerating environmental sustainability, strengthening, and diversifying our supply chain, and maintaining strong ethical governance. Health care activities supported by Henry Schein Cares focus on four main areas: (1) wellness, treatment, prevention, and education; (2) capacity building; (3) emergency preparedness and disaster response; and (4) health system strengthening.

Henry Schein Dental has announced the refreshed ACCLEAN brand, a comprehensive line of products for all stages of preventive care, distributed exclusively through Henry Schein, featuring a colour-coded, three-stage packaging system to help dentists and dental hygienists stay organised. The products will be gradually rolled out in the new livery from March/April 2023.

The refreshed ACCLEAN branding was developed based on direct feedback from dental professionals to further reflect the high quality of the ACCLEAN products. The enhanced packaging helps dentists and hygienists quickly and easily identify the products they need through three colour-coded stages of care:

• Clean and Polish: Fundamental prevention products used during routine hygiene visits and consults;
• Treat and Protect: Products that promote and sustain oral care after a visit; and
• Home Care: Products dentists and hygienists need to help support patients’ daily oral wellness at home.

“The refreshed ACCLEAN brand was designed to help simplify the day-to-day operations of dentists and dental hygienists, allowing them to spend more time focusing on patient care,” said Patrick Allen, responsible for Henry Schein’s Dental Commercial Development – EMEA. “At Henry Schein, our goal is to provide our customers with products and solutions they can rely on. Therefore, we enhanced the look and feel of ACCLEAN, which now better reflects the quality of our products, and we are pleased to present dentists and hygienists with this comprehensive line of high-quality, high-value products for all stages of preventive care.”

Popular products within the ACCLEAN brand, including the prophy cups and pastes, fluoride varnishes and trays, mouthwash, and toothbrushes, will continue to be available for dental professionals. The full line can be found on the Henry Schein website.

Henry Schein, Inc. , the world’s largest provider of health care solutions to office-based dental and medical practitioners, has been recognised by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices, as one of the 2023 World’s Most Ethical Companies.

Henry Schein has been recognised 12 times and is the only honouree in the Healthcare Products industry. In 2023, 135 honorees spanning 19 countries and 46 industries were recognized.

“On behalf of the more than 22,000 Team Schein Members, we are pleased to once again be recognized by Ethisphere as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies,” said Stanley M. Bergman, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Henry Schein. “Our commitment to the success of the stakeholders that make up our ‘Mosaic of Success’ – Team Schein Members, Customers, Supplier Partners, Shareholders, and Society – has long been the foundation of our purpose-driven approach to business. Fulfilling this commitment requires tackling significant external challenges to our collective success, including climate change, health inequities, supply chain resilience, and the underrepresentation of women, ethnic minorities, and other diverse populations in health care, among others.  While progress has been made, much work remains, and we are committed to continuing the journey as a socially responsible corporate citizen.”

Among Henry Schein’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts are:

• Partnering with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and serving as Chair of the Gold Foundation Corporate Council to support the mental health of the general public and health care professionals;
• Committing to the Business Ambition for 1.5⁰C and the Race to Zero campaigns, which seeks to rally leadership from the private sector for a healthy, resilient, zero carbon recovery;
• Signing Paradigm for Parity® to achieve gender equality in corporate leadership and the United Nations Human Rights Office LGBTI Standards for Business to promote equal rights and fair treatment of the LGBTI community;
• Serving on the World Economic Forum CEO Alliance for Climate Leaders;
• Collaborating with community-based agencies to help educate managers on recognizing mental health distress; 
• Promoting health equity for children, patients with special needs, and vulnerable populations through initiatives with Project Accessible Oral Health, Santa Fe Group, ADA Foundation’s Give Kids A Smile, Release the Pressure with the National Medical Association, and others;

• Publishing a corporate Human Rights Statement, co-founding the Responsible Glove Alliance, and developing internal human rights training for Team Schein Members;
• Advocating for diversity and inclusion in the health care profession via national, state, local, and culturally diverse dental associations, including partnering with the National Dental Association to create an experience helping to expose high school students from underrepresented communities to the dental profession and dental team opportunities through the S.M.I.L.E. Healthcare Pathways™ program; and
• Creating and delivering diversity and inclusion training for practitioners to help increase cultural competency and patient experience.

“Congratulations to Henry Schein for being recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for 12 consecutive years,” said Ethisphere CEO Erica Salmon Byrne. “We applaud Henry Schein and its Team Schein Members for their dedication to building a robust ethics and compliance culture and seeking to address important issues today, including environmental sustainability, diversity of its stakeholders, advancing health equity, and much more, all while providing health care professionals with the products and services needed to deliver quality patient care across the globe.”To learn more about Henry Schein’s ESG efforts, please visit www.henryschein.com/corporatecitizenship.

Ethics & Performance
Ethisphere’s 2023 Ethics Index, the collection of publicly traded companies recognized as recipients of this year’s World’s Most Ethical Companies designation, outperformed a comparable index of large-cap companies by 13.6 percentage points over a five-year period.

Methodology & Scoring
Grounded in Ethisphere’s proprietary Ethics Quotient®, the World’s Most Ethical Companies assessment process includes more than 200 questions on culture, environmental and social practices, ethics and compliance activities, governance, diversity, and initiatives that support a strong value chain. The process serves as an operating framework to capture and codify the leading practices of organizations across industries and around the globe.

Honourees 

To view the full list of this year’s honourees, please visit the World’s Most Ethical Companies website, at https://worldsmostethicalcompanies.com/honorees.

Henry Schein Dental will participate at British Dental Industry Association’s (BDIA) Dental Showcase that will take place in London from 24 to 25 March 2023. Together with the Henry Schein companies Optident and MediHoldings, and the Henry Schein One brands, Software of Excellence and Dentally, Henry Schein Dental will showcase its comprehensive solutions portfolio from value added services, practice management software, and innovative digital equipment, to a wide range of high-quality products for general practitioners, and specialised endodontists and orthodontists. Henry Schein’s stand number at BDIA is F30.

Reveal Clear Aligners – a convenient solution for general practitioners to provide reliable, comfortable, and aesthetic orthodontic treatment to their patients

Reveal® Clear Aligners (Reveal) are designed with patient comfort and aesthetics in mind and have remarkable clarity thanks to its ClearWear® material, which is less likely to stain or discolour over time. Reveal also reduces or eliminates the need for attachments in mild to moderate cases, featuring a smooth scalloped edge that enhances patient comfort. For general practitioners, Reveal conveniently accommodates into the dental practice workflow. Within the web-based portal Software of Excellence’s Digital Dental Exchange (DDX®) practitioners are able to submit, review, and track aligner cases. Additionally, with Studio Pro™ 4.0, a recently launched web-based visualization software, Reveal providers now have access to virtual setup tools to achieve predictable outcomes for clear aligner treatment planning. A Reveal website with a comprehensive summary of the company’s proprietary Reveal product, frequently asked questions, and a step-by-step guide, is also available.

White Dental Beauty – meeting the demands of patients for impressive and affordable smile design

Optident, a Henry Schein company that provides innovative dental products and related high-quality education to enhance clinical excellence, will also showcase its White Dental Beauty portfolio at BDIA this year. White Dental Beauty is a professional brand that provides innovative, high quality, clinically reinforced whitening dental products. It offers a varied product range with the unique blend of White Dental Beauty professional tooth whitening gels powered by NOVON® – a whitening compound that delivers improved whitening results over less treatment time and White Dental Beauty Professional CompoSite Systems, a restorative system allowing clinicians to achieve minimally invasive, predictable, and repeatable results. Both products are backed by invaluable teaching methods, accredited and educated by StyleItaliano, a global community of skilled dental practitioners who contribute their ideas to bring more simplicity and predictability into everyday dental procedures. The White Dental Beauty portfolio has been expanded recently with the launch of its Professional Dissolving Whitening Strips P3, a treatment that can be offered to the patients to extend the results from the professional treatment in the practice. Additionally, Optident is hosting “Confident Smile Makeover Masterclasses” in the UK throughout the year to empower dentists to confidently handle simple to moderate alignment cases, as well as everything needed to finish post-orthodontics treatments.  

EdgeEndo® – bringing leading-edge endodontic products to the industry

In the endodontic field, EdgeEndo, one of the world’s largest dental rotary file suppliers, will be one of the brands highlighted at the stand. Amongst the high-quality products included in the company´s portfolio are its NiTi files, known by their strength and flexibility, its carrier-based obturators, such as EdgeCore and EdgeFill, and its paper points.

The files and obturators from EdgeEndo are compatible with most existing endodontic motors and obturator ovens in the practice, and are excellent alternatives to the current products on the market. One of EdgeEndo’s highlights is the EdgeFile X7, its number one selling NiTi system in the United States. EdgeFile X7 incorporates the patented FireWire™ heat-treating process, which makes it extremely flexible and reduces the shape memory and “bounce back” effect common with other NiTi files.

Individual solutions for efficient practice and high-quality patient treatment

“At Henry Schein, we are committed to provide dentists and general practitioners with high-quality products and services, and BDIA is a great occasion to present our comprehensive equipment and services portfolio. The Dental Showcase also give us the opportunity to connect in person with our customers to exchange ideas on how we can further support them.” said Vikki Goodall, Vice President & Managing Director, UK and Ireland.

Digital Dentistry – making technology work for the practice, the laboratory, and the patient

At BDIA 2023, Henry Schein will present cutting-edge digital technologies from top manufacturers, displaying a diverse range of innovative digital devices from milling machines, and state-of-the-art 3D imaging and printers, to intraoral scanners, designed to assist practitioners navigating the rapidly changing world of digital dentistry.

The company’s equipment specialists will provide an overview of the technology and products available on the market, to help dentists determine which solution fits better to the needs of their practice or laboratory, and to understand how these solutions can best be integrated into their daily routines to improve efficiency and enhance the care they provide to patients.

BA International – high quality dental handpieces with a great price-performance ratio

B.A. International creates high-quality B.A. branded handpieces and small equipment and provides top class services to more than 100,000 dentists over 70 countries around the world. The B.A. solutions features and benefits allow a great customer experience, for dental professionals and patients.

BA International is also the UK leading handpiece repair company and will offer fast and reliable repairs. To serve customers even faster, the company will offer on-site repair service during BDIA exhibition at the B.A. International stand D31.

Improved efficiency and patient experience through advanced practice management solutions

Software of Excellence, a Henry Schein One company and one of the dental software leaders in the market for over 30 years in the United Kingdom, will be showcasing at BDIA its renowned and innovative practice management software “EXACT”, a solution that gives dentists the tools and data they need to make their patient experience better and their practices more profitable. Software of Excellence is helping thousands of dental practices ‘walk the path of excellence’ with its award-winning Customer Success Programme, which offers support to navigate through changes, increases efficiency, and creates new opportunities. 

Dentally is a leading UK’s dental cloud solution for a faster and simpler dental practice management. Designed in collaboration with dentists across the UK, Dentally allows dental professionals to consolidate the practice workflow, work from any location, have more time for their patients, reduce costs, and run their clinics more efficiently. Dentally is all about ease – from practice administration and patient care to team management, the software is designed to facilitate the daily practice life.

Financial services and value-added solutions for recruitment, brokerage, practice re-location, freehold and leasehold assistance in the dental sector

At BDIA, team members of MediHoldings, a group of businesses that have grown and developed alongside the dental market for the past nearly 20 years, will provide insights into the different practice service offerings. MediHoldings business include MediCruit, MediEstates and Henry Schein Financial Services.

MediCruit provides recruitment solutions to the dental sector. The company’s mission is to deliver life changing opportunities with professional and superior service by listening, understanding and delivering above the customers’ expectations to ensure that the clients achieve their business goals, and the candidates attain their career aspirations.

MediEstates is one of the largest specialist brokers of dental practices in the UK. The company’s signature approach, personable yet highly driven, has set the benchmark service standards within the sector.

Henry Schein Financial Services provide a vast range of financial products and services across the UK. The company’s experienced, qualified, expert financial advisers offer solutions for healthcare professionals from finance/leasing of assets or equipment and funding for the purchase of a dental practice or refinancing of current loans, to business services such as income protection, pensions as well as insurances.

Championing sustainable business practices with Practice Green

Practice Green by Henry Schein is a recently launched international initiative designed to encourage practitioners, practice teams, and dental laboratories to become more eco-friendly and to help empower the health care community to establish sustainable practices for a healthier planet.

A selection of environmentally friendly products and solutions are currently available, as well as services and support to help create greener practices and enhance environmental sustainability efforts. Every product provided in the Practice Green portfolio has been carefully selected by Henry Schein as ‘green’ based on the marketing information provided by the supplier partner for the product that it is either reusable, contains recycled materials, can be recycled or are biodegradable, or are from a sustainable source.  The programme will continue to expand over time, with new products, services, and solutions added as Practice Green evolves with the ever-changing health care landscape.

Henry Schein, Inc., the world’s largest provider of health care solutions to office-based dental and medical practitioners, has been named to the FORTUNE “World’s Most Admired Companies” list for 2023, the 22^nd consecutive year that the Company has been so recognised. Henry Schein also ranked first in the Wholesalers: Health Care category for the fifth consecutive year.

“For more than 90 years, our concern for the success of our stakeholders – our customers, suppliers, Team Schein Members, investors, and society at large – has long been the foundation of our purpose-driven approach to business and continues to inform our efforts to create a healthier world,” said Stanley M. Bergman, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Henry Schein. “Despite the challenges we face as a society and industry, the dedication and determination of the approximately 22,000 Team Schein Members remains strong, and our values continue to be a key driver of the Company’s success. On behalf of Team Schein, we are honored to be included on FORTUNE’s list of the ‘World’s Most Admired Companies’.”

According to FORTUNE, the “World’s Most Admired Companies” list is the definitive report card on corporate reputations. FORTUNE has posted the complete rankings on its website.

Henry Schein Dental and Henry Schein Medical UK are helping individuals in need this winter by donating warm clothes to the Gillingham Street Angels. A small grassroots charity established in 2019, the Gillingham Street Angels helps homeless and vulnerable people of all ages in Medway and the surrounding areas^*.

More than one in five people in the UK live in poverty – 14.5 million people, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation^**. As part of Henry Schein UK’s commitment to giving back to the community, Team Schein Members purchased a variety of winter clothing, including padded coats, tracksuits, unisex thermal socks, beanie hats, neck warmers, and gloves. The garments covered a range of sizes for men, women, and children, and were presented to the Gillingham Street Angels by Team Schein.

“We thank the Henry Schein UK team for their donation of winter clothes which will help keep the homeless and vulnerable people in and around Medway warm this winter,” said Neil Charlick, Chief Executive Officer of the Gillingham Street Angels. “Donations like this enable us to continue to support our communities at this time of real need.”

This initiative by Henry Schein UK aligns with Henry Schein Cares, Henry Schein’s global corporate social responsibility programme. Henry Schein Cares stands on five pillars: empowering Team Schein to reach their potential, advancing health equity and expanding access to care for underserved communities, accelerating environmental sustainability, strengthening, and diversifying our supply chain, and maintaining strong ethical governance. Health care activities supported by Henry Schein Cares focus on four main areas: (1) wellness, treatment, prevention, and education; (2) capacity building; (3) emergency preparedness and disaster response; and (4) health system strengthening.

“Our culture is built on the belief that every person is as important as the next,” said Vikki Goodall, Managing Director, UK & Ireland Dental Distribution. “This culture is integral to our business and at the core of our initiatives, which is why collaborating with organisations like the Gillingham Street Angels is so important to us. We hope our donations can help bring warmth and comfort this season to those individuals who need it most.”

To learn more about how Henry Schein gives back, please click here.

Sources:

*https://www.thestreet-angels.org/about-us

**https://www.jrf.org.uk/data/overall-uk-poverty-rates