272 Meet Astek with Alan Segal : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran - a podcast by Howard Farran: Dentist | Dental CE Speaker | Founder & CEO of Dentaltown.co

• Alma Denture Gauge

• Pro-Tip

• Pegasus

• Pro-Matrix

• inSafe

• and much more!

 

Dr. Segal:

•Qualified 1973 MSc MSc 1983

•Visited USA 1974 went on several courses

•Started own dental practice (office) in suburb of Manchester 1975

•Purchased a house and set waited for business

•Was fully booked with a very short period of time

•First additional employee was a hygienist then built up a group of dental practices and a dental lab employing numerous dentists technicians and staff

•Lectured to students on career development and also to dental nurses

•Developed a cross threaded pin splint system for Perio stabilisation

•Went back to University and did an MSc thesis on this subject

•Kept a research fellowship at University of Manchester for a number of years supervising postgrad research

•Developed Alma Denture Gauge patented and started selling several countries. Then developed ProTip 1990 and more products followed

•Presented and lectured in many countries world wide

•Continued to practice dentistry part time but the product range expanded winning several prestigious awards for innovation

•Now employ engineers sales team marketing logistics and the company is growing

•Manufacture to international quality standards with a high level of compliance

•Sell in over 60 countries to many of the largest companies in the world both branded and private label products. Aim is to develop innovative high quality good value products that are cleaner quicker sharper safer or more accurate.

•We keep developing and where products require enhancements we go for it.

 

I love dentistry I have strong passion for what I am doing I hope my story can inspire dentists and let them know this is a career that can offer huge options to develop skills and be a fulfilling rewarding profession.

 

 

 

www.astekinnovations.co.uk

www.insafedental.co.uk

www.protipdental.co.uk

www.promatrixdental.co.uk

 

ajs@astekinnovations.co.uk

 

 

 

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