Episode 2 of the Apprentice was filmed at UCL Eastman Dental Institute & UCL's Here East facility
Episode 2 of the Apprentice was filmed at UCL Eastman Dental Institute & UCL's Here East facility - Candidates in the latest series of BBC's The Apprentice cut their teeth at UCL Eastman Dental Institute (EDI), when they were asked to design a new electric toothbrush for children. In episode two, dubbed 'Toothbrush', the remaining 15 contestants were given access to the EDI's new state-of-the-art teaching and research facility, based at UCL's Rockefeller Building in the heart of London. The two teams, split into men and women, were debriefed in the EDI's world-class Clinical Skills Lab, by a Lord Sugar cartoon avatar, depicting the host as the tooth fairy. Tasked with creating a toothbrush and app for children aged six to eight, the teams then broke out across the EDI, able to take inspiration the phantom head (dental manikin) workstations and the latest 3D technology, used to plan dental restoration and 3D print dentures, bridges crowns and implants Commenting Professor Stephen Porter, Director of the EDI, said: "We are absolutely delighted The Apprentice chose the UCL Eastman Dental Institute to host its 'Toothbrush' episode. "Our state-of the-art facilities, teaching expertise and highly talented staff, along with our colleagues in UCL estates and security teams, combined to help pull off a fantastic programme, which befits such a high-profile show. "As the programme alluded, oral health care is extremely important to welbeing and quality of life, and it is great to see Lord Sugar and his team showcase this." The contestants had earlier arrived in blacked-out people carriers to UCL's quad, at the main entrance off Gower Street, and descended up the steps of UCL's Wilkin's Building and landmark Portico, before entering the Flaxman Gallery.
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