BBC's The Apprentice comes to Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê
13 January 2022
In the latest series of the The Apprentice, Lord Sugar calls the candidates to the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Eastman Dental Institute and asks them to design a new electric toothbrush for children.
In episode two, dubbedÌý‘Toothbrush’, the remaining 15 contestants were given access toÌýÏã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Eastman’s new state-of-the-art teaching and research facility, based at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê’s Rockefeller Building in the heart of London.
Lord Sugar tookÌýthe form of a 'sugar fairy' avatarÌýto fillÌýin the candidatesÌýon their taskÌýin the Eastman's state-of-the-art Clinical Skills lab. The teams then broke out across the Institute, able to take inspiration from the phantom head (dental manikin) workstations, Clinical Skills Suite and the Prosthodontics Lab, equipped withÌýthe latestÌýtechnology used to plan dental restoration andÌý3D print dentures, bridges crowns and implants.Ìý
Commenting Professor Stephen Porter, Director of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Eastman Dental Institute, said: “We are absolutely delighted The Apprentice chose the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Eastman Dental Institute to host its ‘Toothbrush’ episode.
“Our state-of the-art facilities, teaching expertiseÌýand highly talented staff, along withÌýour colleagues in Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê estates and security teams, combined to help pull off a fantastic programme, which befits such aÌýhigh-profile show.
"As the programme alluded, oral health care is extremely important to welbeing and quality of life,Ìýand it is great to see Lord Sugar and his team showcase this."ÌýÌý
The contestants had earlier arrived in blacked-out people carriers to Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê’s quad, at the main entrance off Gower Street, and descended up the steps of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê’s Wilkin’s Building and landmark Portico, before entering the Flaxman Gallery.
Episode two of the Apprentice is avilable on BBC iPlayer:Ìý
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