▁Mechan ical ▁Engineering , ▁Feder ico ▁Fr iger io ▁and ▁Sh eng ▁Tan . ▁After ▁three ▁years ▁of ▁research , ▁the ▁invent ing ▁team ▁received ▁a ▁grant ▁from ▁Des hp ande ▁Center ▁for ▁Techn ological ▁In nov ation ▁at ▁M IT ▁to ▁shift ▁the ▁focus ▁of ▁its ▁work ▁toward ▁commercial ▁opportun ities . ▁ ▁In ▁Aut umn ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁the ▁invent ing ▁team ▁rec ru ited ▁co - found ers ▁Eric ▁Pale y ▁as ▁CE O ▁and ▁Mic ah ▁Rosen blo om ▁as ▁CO O , ▁both ▁Harvard ▁Business ▁School ▁students , ▁to ▁evaluate ▁the ▁commercial ▁potential ▁of ▁the ▁technology , ▁develop ▁a ▁business ▁plan ▁and ▁raise ▁capital . ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁the ▁combined ▁team ▁was ▁selected ▁as ▁the ▁runner - up ▁in ▁the ▁M IT ▁ 5 0 K ▁and ▁Harvard ▁Business ▁School ▁Business ▁Plan ▁Compet itions . ▁Br ont es ▁Techn ologies ▁was ▁incorpor ated ▁in ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁and ▁identified ▁the ▁dent al ▁market ▁as ▁its ▁business ▁focus ▁on ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁The ▁company ▁was ▁fund ed ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁by ▁David ▁Frank el , ▁Fly bridge ▁Capital , ▁Charles ▁River ▁Vent ures , ▁and ▁B ain ▁Capital ▁Vent ures . ▁Br ont es ▁Techn ologies ▁innov ated ▁ 3 D - In - M otion ▁technology ▁which ▁allowed ▁the ▁dent ist ▁to ▁scan ▁the ▁inside ▁of ▁the ▁mouth ▁by ▁moving ▁an ▁instrument ▁above ▁the ▁teeth ▁and ▁capt uring