Compact and complete, the small K2 has become a great classic of city clinics. It offers all the functions needed for every type of practice.
Launched at the turn of the year 2000, the K2 became THE flagship chair of the Airel Quetin group, taking the lion's share of sales in France and abroad. K2, a code name? No: a bold association of ideas with the Himalayan peak of the same name, the second highest in the world after Everest – “compact and complete, it reaches the summits”. Probably also because of its column structure, with its pronounced rise and descent…
From the start, this chair was designed to have everything of a big one, much like a well-designed studio flat where bed, table and desk each fit to the centimetre. In 20 years, the K2 has become the classic choice for small city clinics, easily fitting into a 15 m² room thanks to its small footprint. A precious advantage in big cities where property is expensive and every square metre counts.
A city chair, then, but also a chair many women practitioners choose – at least that is a trend the Airel Quetin group has noticed, no statistics needed!
This can be explained by the K2 losing weight over its successive versions, with lighter materials and a refined design, and therefore by its easy handling. The lighter K2 is also a bonus for the whole production, transport and installation chain, and a marker of the group's commitment to occupational health.
Finally, the K2 is installed in a single block – a real advantage for export.
Integrated modularity
Over time, in search of optimal ergonomics, the unit has refined the simplicity of its structure and the ingenuity of its equipment. Compact and complete, and thanks to its integrated modularity, the K2 offers all the functions needed for every type of practice:
- Fully lying and sitting positions, suited to different treatments
- A fold-back leg rest for easy patient access
- A very thin backrest
- A compact, easy-to-handle instrument tray
- Seat lift and compensated backrest articulation managed by a microprocessor
- Multiple safety systems on every movement, in line with current standards
- Controls managed from a touch screen
- Durable, very comfortable upholstery
- A pivoting cuspidor for easy access – this removable cuspidor remains widely used in many countries
Accessibility, a value for the future
The K2 has also conquered larger spaces, as part of the mix of equipment clinics invest in and keep… with a key asset for the future: its accessibility.
In France, a private dental clinic in Trélazé, near Angers, attached to the Saint-Léonard clinic and dedicated to people with disabilities and dependent elderly patients, was featured in a regional newspaper report in May 2022. Opened in 2017, the facility welcomes 2,500 to 3,000 patients from the region every year, and inaugurated 550 m² of new premises in October 2021, designed with remarkable humanity to calm patients and ease the movement of wheelchairs, walking sticks and walkers.
The Airel Quetin group is proud to contribute to access to care for people with reduced mobility with the K2, designed to be disability-friendly: a wide rise and descent range, an integrated chair position that eases transfer from wheelchair to dental chair, and a fold-back leg rest. Its accessibility and robustness also allow the K2 to meet the major demographic challenge of an ageing patient population.
In India, Airel Quetin India and Esquare offer the K2 in two versions, K2 One and K2 Neo. Contact us for a demonstration.
