Practice Green

Practice Green

Practice Green

Mission

Through Practice Green, Henry Schein aims to encourage communities to become more eco-friendly by providing solutions to support, educate, and enhance the environmental sustainability efforts of our customers and suppliers.

Core Focus Areas

Practice Green

Merchandise & Equipment

Catalyzing the next generation of merchandise, products, and equipment for sustainable dental and medical care.

Practice Green

Solutions & Services

Accelerating solutions and services for sustainable value chains.

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Henry Schein Service First

Henry Schein Service First provides an equipment protection program that allows practices to proactively check critical equipment from a single portal, while being woven into our technician's network. So, if alerts are generated, the Henry Schein team is notified in real time so they can diagnose an issue before it becomes a problem, potentially eliminating any loss of production.

Practice Green

Training & Resources

Educational material and engagement resources for sustainable dental and medical practices.

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Webinar
AADOM Podcast

AADOM PODcast with Henry Schein Cares Foundation – Practice Green


American Association of Dental Office Management (AADOM)

The American Association of Dental Office Management (AADOM) Green Leader initiative is presented in partnership with the Henry Schein Cares Foundation. Hear from AADOM's Green Leaders who have adopted environmentally friendly practices that are helping to reduce the impact of "business as usual" dentistry and have achieved bottom-line benefits by using environmentally friendly products and implementing specific changes to reduce waste.

AADOM
Heather Colicchio

Heather Colicchio

Founder & President, American Association of Dental Office Management

Erika Pusillo Videos

Watch AADOM's Earth Day Message from Erika Pusillo

Practice Optimizer, Spodak Dental Group

Jennifer Vickery

Watch AADOM's Earth Day Message from Jennifer Vickery

Chief Operating Officer, Ocean Dental

Practice Green Award Winners

The ADEE together with the European Dental Students' Association (EDSA) developed the Practice Green awards, aimed to embed an ethos of sustainability within the education lifecycle for oral health professionals and within their educational and clinical practice settings.

ADEE
ADEE Winners
Winners of the 2024 Oral Health Professional Educators’ ‘Practice Green©’ Awards are:

Faculty Campus Initiative

The Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara University, Ankara, Türkiye: For the sustainability group at Ankara University, Faculty of Dentistry, led by Prof. Kaan Orhan, the passion for sustainability centers very clearly on the need to reduce the impact of our profession on the planet. This is enabled by embracing the use of technologies throughout the dental care continuum to eliminate paper and waste, and to encourage ownership of the problem by the profession, from student to practitioner. The Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara University sustainability group has created an impressive range of initiatives – from installation of solar panels, free bikes hire options for students, and training and support on a variety of sustainability related initiatives.

Faculty Curriculum Initiative

The Faculty of Dentistry, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary: Established in 2021, the Sustainability Dentistry Group is led by Prof Tamás Demeter. Since formation, the group has led an internal drive to reduce waste, specifically, single-use plastics and a faculty greening initiative. The focus on single-use plastics has seen the faculty change many of its processes and gain value through the reduction of waste. The group provides training and support to staff and students, while developing comprehensive communication support that ranges from encouraging team members and students to bring the own mug to the cafeteria, to presentations on the importance of sustainability at external conferences.

The Oral Health Professional Educators’ ‘Practice Green©’award was named after Henry Schein’s global programme, Practice Green, which provides customers and suppliers with products, solutions, and resources, enabling health care professionals to create a greener practice.

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Resource Links

ADA
American Dental Association
AMA
American Medical Association
FDI
FDI World Dental Federation
BDA
British Dental Association
Centre for Sustainable Healthcare
Centre for Sustainable Healthcare
National Academy of Medicine
National Academy of Medicine