This new initiative encourages health care professionals to adopt a greener business approach and a shared commitment to environmental sustainability

Henry Schein Dental and Optident, a Henry Schein company, have announced Practice Green, an 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.

According to the World Health Organisation, between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250,000 additional deaths per year from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea, and heat stress. Nurses [and other health care professionals] can be instrumental in communications with patients and families, working with hospitals and health systems to reduce emissions and influencing the adoption of strategies to better prepare the health care facilities and communities for the health impacts of climate change, as stated in a report by PubMed.gov.

Practice Green by Henry Schein aims to offer customers solutions that will help to implement practical ways to become more sustainable, while following the current health and safety legislation and continuing to provide high-quality patient care. A selection of environmentally friendly products and solutions will be available, as well as services and support to help create greener practices and enhance environmental sustainability efforts.

A 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.

“We are pleased to present Henry Schein’s Practice Green programme for our customers throughout the EMEA region and soon beyond,” said Andrea Albertini, President, International Distribution Group, Henry Schein. “As a global distributor of health care solutions, we support health care professionals and the journey towards enhancing environmental sustainability.”

“Practice Green embodies Henry Schein’s commitment to offer customers the latest, innovative products and solutions that help enhance efficiency, optimise care delivery, and provide high-quality patient care,” added Mr. Albertini. “Through this programme, we advance our commitment to meeting the needs of our customers who are concerned about the environmental impact of their practice or laboratory. We strongly believe that the actions we take today will help protect the earth and our natural resources as well help build a healthier world for all.”

The programme starts in January and will continue to expand over time, with new products, services, and solutions added as Practice Green evolves with the ever-changing health care landscape. 

Practice Green aligns with Henry Schein’s commitment to mitigate its impact on the climate, reduce waste to landfills, and recycle and reuse materials, while practicing smart and efficient use of energy and water resources. The company is continuously strengthening its approach to measuring, monitoring, and reporting on its carbon emissions and other environmental impacts. In 2021, Henry Schein signed the Business Ambition for 1.5⁰C Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), committing to set a long-term, science-based emissions reduction target in order to reach net-zero global emissions by 2050.

With its global environmental footprint and unique position within an ecosystem of relationships with suppliers, business partners, and customers, Henry Schein aims to co-create an ethical, inclusive, circular, and carbon-neutral supply chain, jointly manage our impacts, and innovate for sustainability.

For more information about Practice Green, please click here. Specific offerings per market are also available through the local Henry Schein representations.

The goal of the course called “Reveal Clear Aligners – the next generation clear aligner solution” is to provide orthodontists with the knowledge of how to offer affordable highly aesthetic confident smile makeovers

Optident, a Henry Schein company, will present a full-day live education event to advance the future of orthodontics in the field of clear aligner treatment on Friday, 24 June 2022, at Resorts World in Birmingham, UK.

This course is open to all dental professionals with an interest in orthodontics and will help discover the benefits of clear aligners to the clinician, the practice team, and the patient. The event will feature Reveal Clear Aligners, a convenient solution for patients looking to enhance their smile, with a treatment plan approved by a dentist of their choosing. These aligners are designed with patient comfort and aesthetics in mind and are clearer than most other aligners in the market. They reduce or eliminate the need for attachments in mild to moderate cases, featuring a smooth scalloped edge to enhance patient comfort.

Dr. Charles Brandon, Dental Beauty Greenhithe Principle Dentist, with a true passion for pursuing the highest possible standards in dentistry both through the provision of treatment and the quality of care his patients receive, will lead through the programme.

Timetable

Morning

9.00 – 11.00         

• Getting to know you and your practice
• Reveal – the story so far
• Charlie Brandon shares his story
• Why choose Reveal?
• Not all aligners are equal
• The important of case selection

11.15 – 12.45

• Let’s assess your patients’ smile
• Submitting a case
• Patients’ records

Afternoon

13.45 – 15.15

• Submitting a case
• Laptops at the ready let’s get logged in
• Reveal 3D treatment plan
• Review modify approve
• Fit appointment
• Top tips from Dr. Charlie Brandon
• IPR /attachments/EBT
• End of treatment
• Composite bonding
• The 4 R’s: Refinement/Remakes/Revisions/Retention

15.30 -17.00

• Educating patients to say YES to aligner therapy
• Ethical way of promoting treatments
• Next steps
• Treating 1 patient a month
• Questions & answers

More information on the course and the registration can be found here.

Recipients recognised for their excellence in teeth whitening and dental restorations

Optident, a Henry Schein company, announced the winners of its second annual White Dental Beauty and Dental Circle Competition, which recognises dental practitioners for their excellence in the use of White Dental Beauty tooth whitening gels and the White Dental Beauty CompoSite restorative system. The competition was organized in partnership with StyleItaliano, a growing community of skilled dental practitioners who contribute their ideas to bring more simplicity and predictability into everyday dental procedures*.

Open to dental practitioners located in the United Kingdom, the 2021 competition featured two categories titled, “Bleach” and “Bleach Bond.” Entrants in the “Bleach” category submitted before and after images using White Dental Beauty tooth whitening gels. Entrants in the “Bleach Bond” category submitted photos of restorative cases using both White Dental beauty tooth whitening gels and White Dental Beauty CompoSite (composite direct veneers or posterior cases).

Amy Harper

StyleItaliano Honorary Member and Scientific Director, Professor Louis Hardan, Head of the Restorative and Aesthetic Department at Saint Joseph University Beirut, Lebanon, judged the competition, extensively reviewing the many high-quality cases received. Professor Hardan selected three winners for the “Bleach” category of the competition, and three winners for the “Bleach Bond” category of the competition.

The winners of the “Bleach” category of the competition are:

• First Place – Akash Singh
• Second Place – Amy Harper
• Third Place – Niva Shah

The winners of the “Bleach Bond” category of the competition are:

Niva Shah

• First Place – Hassan Abbas
• Second Place – Ashish Soneji
• Third Place – Gian-Marco D’Andrea

“We are pleased to honor the tremendous work of the 2021 White Dental Beauty and Dental Circle Competition winners,” said Rebecca Haworth-Johnson, Senior Manager Direct Marketing, Optident.

“This year’s competition was highly successful, and we look forward to the 2022 competition, which we intend to expand outside of the United Kingdom.”

Hassan Abbas

Manufactured by Optident, White Dental Beauty is a professional range of high-quality tooth whitening gels that provide dental practitioners with the versatility and freedom in whitening patients’ teeth and offers patients a professional tooth whitening experience in as little as 30 minutes per treatment.

Containing a patented NOVON® formula, White Dental Beauty enables a fast, optimum whitening effect**. In addition, the ‘Mild’ formulation gives patients with sensitive teeth a professional bleaching experience. White Dental Beauty achieves optimal clinical and aesthetic outcomes, minimises tooth sensitivity, and helps keep teeth hydrated while providing visible whitening results in less than a week.

CompoSite, part of the White Dental Beauty portfolio, offers a custom palette tailored to whitening and restorative cases. CompoSite provides five shades of white, in addition to two flowables, an enamel and posterior. With accreditation and education by StyleItaliano, CompoSite is backed by invaluable teaching methods.

Ashish Soneji

More details about White Dental Beauty can be found here.

*   Source: StyleItaliano

** NOVON® containing gels can produce a similar whitening effect within a shorter time frame, in comparison to whitening using a regular gel. Alternatively, within the same time frame, a similar level of whitening can be achieved with a lower inclusion level of NOVON® (Hyland et al., 2014).

Gian-Marco D’Andrea