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Legal Proceedings (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
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Oct. 09, 2018
Sep. 29, 2018
Sep. 30, 2017
Sep. 29, 2018
Sep. 30, 2017
Dec. 30, 2017
Loss Contingency, Information about Litigation Matters [Abstract]            
Litigation settlements   $ 38,488 $ 0 $ 38,488 $ 5,325  
Loss Contingency, Management's Assessment and Process       As of September 29, 2018, 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.    
Litigation settlements       $ 38,500    
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, 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       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       alleging that Henry Schein, 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]            
Loss Contingency, Information about Litigation Matters [Abstract]            
Loss Contingency, Lawsuit Filing Date       February 12, 2018    
Loss Contingency, Name of Defendant       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.    
Salkowitz v. Henry Schein, Inc. et al [Member]            
Loss Contingency, Information about Litigation Matters [Abstract]            
Loss Contingency, Lawsuit Filing Date       March 7, 2018    
Loss Contingency, Name of Defendant       Joseph  Salkowitz, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated    
Loss Contingency, Name of Plaintiff       Henry Schein, Stanley M. Bergman, and Steven Paladino    
Loss Contingency, Allegations       The complaint alleged, among other things, that the defendants had made materially false and misleading statements about Henry Schein’s business, operations and prospects during the Class Period, including matters relating to the issues in the antitrust class action and the FTC action described above, thereby causing the plaintiff and members of the purported class to pay artificially inflated prices for Henry Schein securities.    
Marion Diagnostic Center, LLC, et al. v. Becton, Dickinson, and Co., et al [Member]            
Loss Contingency, Information about Litigation Matters [Abstract]            
Loss Contingency, Lawsuit Filing Date       May 3, 2018    
Loss Contingency, Name of Defendant       Becton, Dickinson, and Co. (“Becton”); Vizient, Inc. (“Vizient”); Cardinal Health, Inc. (“Cardinal”); Owens & Minor Inc. (“O&M”); and Henry Schein, Inc.    
Loss Contingency, Name of Plaintiff       Marion Diagnostic Center, LLC    
Loss Contingency, Allegations       The complaint alleges that the defendants entered into a vertical conspiracy to force healthcare providers into long-term exclusionary contracts that restrain trade in the nationwide markets for conventional and safety syringes and safety IV catheters and that inflate the prices of certain Becton products to above-competitive levels.    
The County of Summit, Ohio et al. v. Purdue Pharma, L.P., et al [Member]            
Loss Contingency, Information about Litigation Matters [Abstract]            
Loss Contingency, Lawsuit Filing Date       May 29, 2018    
Loss Contingency, Name of Defendant       Henry Schein, Inc., Henry Schein Medical Systems, Inc. and others as defendants    
Loss Contingency, Name of Plaintiff       The County of Summit, Ohio et al.    
Loss Contingency, Allegations       Plaintiffs allege that manufacturers of prescription opioid drugs engaged in a false advertising campaign to expand the market for such drugs and their own market share and that the entities in the supply chain (including Henry Schein, Inc. and Henry Schein Medical Systems, Inc.) reaped financial rewards by refusing to monitor and restrict the improper distribution of those drugs.    
City of Barberton, et al. v. Purdue Pharma, L.P., et al. [Member]            
Loss Contingency, Information about Litigation Matters [Abstract]            
Loss Contingency, Lawsuit Filing Date       July 3, 2018    
Loss Contingency, Name of Defendant       Henry Schein, Inc., Henry Schein Medical Systems, Inc. and others    
Loss Contingency, Name of Plaintiff       City of Barberton, Ohio (and related entities)    
Loss Contingency, Allegations       similar to The County of Summit complaint    
City of Barberton, et al. v. Purdue Pharma, L.P., et al. [Member] | North America [Member]            
Loss Contingency, Information about Litigation Matters [Abstract]            
Sales of opioids, percentage           1.00%
Kramer v. Henry Schein, Inc., Patterson Co., Inc., Benco Dental Supply Co., and Unnamed Co-Conspirators [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]            
Loss Contingency, Information about Litigation Matters [Abstract]            
Loss Contingency, Lawsuit Filing Date October 9, 2018          
Loss Contingency, Name of Defendant Henry Schein, Inc., Patterson Co., Inc., Benco Dental Supply Co., and Unnamed Co-Conspirators          
Loss Contingency, Name of Plaintiff Kramer          
Loss Contingency, Allegations The complaint alleges that the alleged conspiracy overcharged California dental practices, orthodontic practices, and dental laboratories on their purchase of dental supplies, which in turn passed on some or all of such overcharges to members of the California class purchasing dental services.