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Commitments and Contingencies - Litigation (Details) |  | 12 Months Ended
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Feb. 12, 2018 | Dec. 30, 2017
Loss Contingency, Information about Litigation Matters [Abstract] |  |
Loss Contingency, Management's Assessment and Process |  | As of December 30, 2017, we had accrued our best estimate of potential losses relating to claims that were probable to result in liability and for which we were able to reasonably estimate a loss. This accrued amount, as well as related expenses, was not material to our financial position, results of operations or cash flows. Our method for determining estimated losses considers currently available facts, presently enacted laws and regulations and other factors, including probable recoveries from third parties.
Class Action Complaints Against Patterson Companies, Inc., Benco Dental Supply Co. and Henry Schein, Inc. [Member] |  |
Loss Contingency, Information about Litigation Matters [Abstract] |  |
Loss Contingency, Lawsuit Filing Date |  | January 2016
Loss Contingency, Name of Defendant |  | Patterson Companies, Inc. (“Patterson”), Benco Dental Supply Co. (“Benco”) and Henry Schein, Inc.
Loss Contingency, Name of Plaintiff |  | class action complaints
Loss Contingency, Allegations |  | Each of these complaints allege, among other things, that defendants conspired to fix prices, allocate customers and foreclose competitors by boycotting manufacturers, state dental associations and others that deal with defendants’ competitors.
Archer and White Sales, Inc. v. collectively, the Danaher Defendants [Member] |  |
Loss Contingency, Information about Litigation Matters [Abstract] |  |
Loss Contingency, Lawsuit Filing Date |  | August 31, 2012
Loss Contingency, Name of Defendant |  | Henry Schein, Inc. as well as Danaher Corporation and its subsidiaries Instrumentarium Dental, Inc., Dental Equipment, LLC, Kavo Dental Technologies, LLC and Dental Imaging Technologies Corporation (collectively, the “Danaher Defendants”)
Loss Contingency, Name of Plaintiff |  | Archer and White Sales, Inc
Loss Contingency, Allegations |  | Archer alleges a conspiracy between Henry Schein, Inc., an unnamed company and the Danaher Defendants to terminate or limit Archer’s distribution rights.
Archer filed amended complaint adding Patterson and Benco as Defendants [Member] |  |
Loss Contingency, Information about Litigation Matters [Abstract] |  |
Loss Contingency, Lawsuit Filing Date |  | August 1, 2017
Loss Contingency, Name of Defendant |  | Patterson Companies, Inc. (“Patterson”), Benco Dental Supply Co. (“Benco”)
Loss Contingency, Name of Plaintiff |  | Archer and White Sales, Inc.
Loss Contingency, Allegations |  | alleging that Henry Schein, Inc., Patterson, Benco and Burkhart conspired to fix prices and refused to compete with each other for sales of dental equipment to dental professionals and agreed to enlist their common suppliers, the Danaher Defendants, to join a price-fixing conspiracy and boycott by reducing the distribution territory of, and eventually terminating, their price-cutting competing distributor Archer.
Archer filed second amended complaint under seal [Member] |  |
Loss Contingency, Information about Litigation Matters [Abstract] |  |
Loss Contingency, Lawsuit Filing Date |  | October 30, 2017
Loss Contingency, Name of Defendant |  | Henry Schein, Inc. as well as Danaher Corporation and its subsidiaries Instrumentarium Dental, Inc., Dental Equipment, LLC, Kavo Dental Technologies, LLC and Dental Imaging Technologies Corporation (collectively, the “Danaher Defendants”), Patterson Companies, Inc. (“Patterson”), Benco Dental Supply Co. (“Benco”)
Loss Contingency, Name of Plaintiff |  | Archer and White Sales, Inc.
Loss Contingency, Allegations |  | additional allegations that it believes support its claims.
IQ Dental Supply, Inc V. Henry Schein, Inc. Patterson Companies, Inc. [Member] |  |
Loss Contingency, Information about Litigation Matters [Abstract] |  |
Loss Contingency, Lawsuit Filing Date |  | August 17, 2017
Loss Contingency, Name of Defendant |  | Henry Schein, Inc., Patterson Companies, Inc. and Benco Dental Supply Company
Loss Contingency, Name of Plaintiff |  | IQ Dental Supply, Inc.
Loss Contingency, Allegations |  | Plaintiff alleges that it is a distributor of dental supplies and equipment, and sells dental products through an online dental distribution platform operated by SourceOne Dental (“SourceOne”).
United States Federal Trade Commission [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member] |  |
Loss Contingency, Information about Litigation Matters [Abstract] |  |
Loss Contingency, Lawsuit Filing Date | February 12, 2018 |
Loss Contingency, Name of Defendant | against Benco Dental Supply Co., Henry Schein, Inc. and Patterson Companies, Inc. |
Loss Contingency, Name of Plaintiff | United States Federal Trade Commission |
Loss Contingency, Allegations | The FTC alleges, among other things, that defendants violated U.S. antitrust laws by conspiring, and entering into an agreement, to refuse to provide discounts to or otherwise serve buying groups representing dental practitioners |

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