Crisis at christmas

Providing food, shelter, advice and healthcare services, Crisis at Christmas aims to provide companionship and support to tackle loneliness and isolation and helps people take their first steps out of homelessness.

Henry Schein Dental has been supporting Crisis at Christmas for eight years and in 2013 was once again instrumental in providing and equipping the dental units, which are such an important part of the healthcare services provided by Crisis at Christmas.

Henry Schein Dental’s team of volunteers included engineers and team members from the distribution centre, all of whom gave up their time to help deliver the goods and equipment necessary to equip the mobile dental units at Crisis’ London centre which were then made ready for use thanks to a range of materials donated by DENTSPLY and the British Dental Industry Association (BDIA). The units were used by volunteer clinicians and nursing staff who performed a total of 404 dental consultations over the six-day period, resulting in a range of treatments including hygiene procedures, 208 fillings and 137 extractions.