Since 1996, our team has been a part of over 10,000 different patient's smiles.
The Sturgeon Denture Clinic was established in 1972, located in the beautiful downtown St. Albert.
In 1996, Gary and Suzy Shigeta bought the clinic and have owned and operated since. Our clinic values and respects its patients and in return has been rewarded with the loyalty of those patients over the past 22 years. We have been able to meet our patients needs because of the excellent skill and compassion of our team.
Gary Shigeta
Denturist (DD)
Gary was born and raised in Winnipeg. He moved to Edmonton in 1992 to attend the Denturist Program at NAIT. Once he graduated he came to work for Dave Kerslake at Sturgeon Denture Clinic, where he eventually transitioned into the owner in 1996.
Gary is very passionate about is work, and takes pride in educating himself on all of the latest materials and technologies in order to better provide for his patients.
Suzy Shigeta
Denturist (DD)
Suzy grew up in Peace River, AB. She ventured to Edmonton in 1992 to attend the Denturist Program at NAIT. This is where she met her future husband Gary. Suzy came to work with Gary in 1996 once they had purchased Sturgeon Denture Clinic. Suzy loves being a Denturist; she is a people-person, but she enjoys the creativity and detail it takes in order to customize every single smile.
Suzy is Bilingual and is fluent in French. Her hobbies include golfing, running, and doing yard work. She enjoys being active.
Gary and Suzy would really like to thank their patients for their continued support, they have made Sturgeon Denture Clinic what it is today, and for that they are very grateful.
Jason Le
Denturist (DD)
Jason was born and raised in Edmonton. He graduated from the Denturist Program at NAIT where he received the Shaun Yandt Clinical Excellence Award.
Jason is grateful for the opportunity to be working with the people from St.Albert and surrounding areas. He is passionate about learning and strives to constantly improve his skills and abilities in order to provide the best possible care for his patients. Jason is attentive to his patients' needs and their health and well being is of his utmost concern.
Jason is fluent in Cantonese. He is also a "foodie" at heart and enjoys trying new things while supporting the local community and restaurants.
Amy Granger
Denturist (DD)
Amy grew up in Fort Saskatchewan. She moved to Edmonton during her schooling at NAIT, then moved back to Fort Saskatchewan to raise her family.
After graduating from the NAIT Denturist Program in 2006, she started working at Sturgeon Denture Clinic. Amy feels very fortunate to have had Gary and Suzy as mentors when beginning her career in such a great community. Amy was later given the opportunity to run a clinic as the sole Denturist in a neighboring city for 1 year, then took time off to start her family. After a short leave Amy was very happy to come back to work at Sturgeon Denture Clinic.
Jen Emond
Office Manager
Jen is from St.Albert. She took on the roll of Office Manager in January 2018.
Jen loves meeting patients and assisting them in any way she can.
She is caring, compassionate and is very happy to be a part of the Sturgeon Denture Clinic team.