Henry Schein Collaborates with mBox to Integrate

HENRY SCHEIN COLLABORATES WITH mBOX TO INTEGRATE
AUTOMATED APPOINTMENT REMINDERS INTO DENTAL PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
Seamless, software solution helps to reduce appointment ‘no-shows’ via automated text message, voice call, and e-mail reminders to patients

MELVILLE, N.Y. – October 15, 2008 – Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSIC), the largest provider of healthcare products and services to office-based practitioners in the combined North American and European markets, today announced that Henry Schein Practice Solutions will include AutoRemind, an automated patient reminder system from mBox, in Henry Schein’s practice management systems for oral surgeons, endodontists, periodontists, and large group practice organizations.

“By embedding AutoRemind in Henry Schein Specialty Software products, including EndoVision, OMSVision, PerioVision, DentalVision and DentalVision EE, dental practices that utilize Henry Schein Practice Solutions products and practice management software will benefit from the seamless issuance of automatic patient appointment reminders,” said Bruce Lieberthal, Vice-President of Product Management and Development at Henry Schein Practice Solutions. “AutoRemind’s advanced automatic reminding capability helps to significantly reduce ‘no-show’ patients, increase generated revenue, and reduce overall costs. Henry Schein is dedicated to delivering superior, integrated solutions, and AutoRemind is one more innovative technology-driven service that will help Henry Schein customers manage their practices.”

“mBox is proud to collaborate with Henry Schein and to offer our flagship product, AutoRemind, to dental practices in the U.S. marketplace,” said mBox CEO, Bo Nielsen. “Each Henry Schein practice management system customer will be able to personalize AutoRemind’s delivery channel, via voice message, text message, or e-mail, as well as tailor the timing of the reminder to the preference of each patient.”

About mBox

With its world headquarters located in the heart of Scandinavia’s wireless valley, mBox specializes in delivering “mobile applications in a box,” with products that are both simple to implement and to use. mBox products are focused on reaching people anywhere, anytime via the fastest growing communication devices – mobile phones.

mBox serves the healthcare industry in northern Europe with its local version of AutoRemind (www.noticon.com), which for the past six years has reminded patients of their appointments at their dentists, chiropractors, hospitals, general practitioners and more. mBox has an international approach in regards to its business approach and it now offers U.S. customers its service under the brand name AutoRemind – www.m-box.biz; www.autoremind.us.

About Henry Schein

Henry Schein, a Fortune 500^® company and a member of the NASDAQ 100® Index, is recognized for its excellent customer service and highly competitive prices. The Company’s four business groups – Dental, Medical, International and Technology – serve more than 550,000 customers worldwide, including dental practitioners and laboratories, physician practices and animal health clinics, as well as government and other institutions. The Company operates through a centralized and automated distribution network, which provides customers in more than 200 countries with a comprehensive selection of more than 90,000 national and Henry Schein private-brand products in stock, as well as more than 100,000 additional products available as special-order items.

Henry Schein also offers a wide range of innovative value-added practice solutions for healthcare professionals, such as ArubA^®, the Company’s electronic catalog and ordering system. Its leading practice-management software solutions have a user base of more than 52,000 practices, including DENTRIX^®, Easy Dental^®, Oasis^® and EXACT^® for dental practices, MicroMD^® for physician practices, and AVImark^® for animal health clinics.

Headquartered in Melville, N.Y., Henry Schein employs more than 12,000 people and has operations or affiliates in 20 countries. The Company’s net sales reached a record $5.9 billion in 2007. For more information, visit the Henry Schein Web site at www.henryschein.com.