Dec 2, 2020
You’d never know that this week’s guest was a man without a plan when he first arrived on UK shores from native Italy some 11 years ago.
Since then, Dr Alfonso Rao has launched an expanding group of clinics and a dental training academy while also building a name as one of the Southwest’s foremost implant dentists.
And he’s achieved all of this before the age of 40, seemingly without ruffling a single feather.
We probe Alfonso on the secrets of his success, life in the UK, work-life balance and much more.
Enjoy!
“I don't really often like
to be told what to do. If someone tells me and explains to me and I
see the reason I'm fine. But if someone says, “you have to do that
because it is the way you have to do it,” I'm not too good
following.”
- Alfonso Rao
01.19 -
Backstory
08.27 - Italy vs the UK
11.28 - Practice ownership, expansion and
work-life balance
19.48 - Teaching
24.37 - The plan
29.00 - Associates
32.03 - On mistakes
37.09 - Out of the clinic
40.11 - Thinking of Italy
43.37 - USPs
45.08 - Exit strategy
46.21 - Last day on earth
Alfonso Rao graduated from the University of Chieti in 2007 and spent time in practice in Italy before moving to the UK.
He opened a series of clinics in Bristol and Portishead which he later consolidated under the Apollonia Group brand.
He also founded the Delta Training Academy - a leading dental and implantology training centre.
Alfonso is a member of the British Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry and the Association of Dental Implantology.
He is also a key opinion leader and brand ambassador for Strauman, Geitlich, NSK and several other dental technology brands.