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<PERIOD>20050309
<FILING-DATE>20050310
<DATE-OF-FILING-DATE-CHANGE>20050310
<REPORTING-OWNER>
<OWNER-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>SULLIVAN LOUIS W
<CIK>0001193522
</OWNER-DATA>
<FILING-VALUES>
<FORM-TYPE>4
<ACT>34
<FILE-NUMBER>000-27078
<FILM-NUMBER>05671794
</FILING-VALUES>
<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
<STREET2>720 WESTVIEW DRIVE, S.W.
<CITY>ATLANTA
<STATE>GA
<ZIP>30310
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<FORMER-NAME>
<FORMER-CONFORMED-NAME>SULLIVAN LOUIS
<DATE-CHANGED>20020927
</FORMER-NAME>
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<ISSUER>
<COMPANY-DATA>
<CONFORMED-NAME>SCHEIN HENRY INC
<CIK>0001000228
<ASSIGNED-SIC>5047
<IRS-NUMBER>113136595
<STATE-OF-INCORPORATION>DE
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>1226
</COMPANY-DATA>
<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>135 DURYEA RD
<CITY>MELVILLE
<STATE>NY
<ZIP>11747
<PHONE>6318425500X6867
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>135 DURYEA RD
<CITY>MELVILLE
<STATE>NY
<ZIP>11747
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
</ISSUER>
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<TYPE>4
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4 SUBMISSION
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    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2005-03-09</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001000228</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>SCHEIN HENRY INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>HSIC</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001193522</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SULLIVAN LOUIS W</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O HENRY SCHEIN, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>135 DURYEA ROAD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MELVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>11747</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to buy)</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>39.43</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2005-03-09</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>15000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2015-03-09</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock, par value $0.01</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>15000</value>
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            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>15000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Acquired pursuant to the Issuer's 1994 Stock Incentive Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Pursuant to the terms of the stock option agreement between the Issuer and the Reporting Person, the option becomes exercisable in four (4) equal annual installments beginning on the first (1st) anniversary of the grant date specified in Column 3.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Louis Sullivan</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-03-10</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
</XML>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
</SUBMISSION>
