MFI 3D Condor Intra Oral Scanner
New, high-tech first generation ‘software-driven’ 3D Intra Oral Scanner IOS, MFI Condor will be to be released in the near future. Key features of the Condor 3D IOS will include true color, powder free optical and open architecture. Prof. Francois Duret is the inventor and developer of the MFI Condor 3D IOS was issued a US patent in 2013. Prof. Duret, also known as the ‘father’ of 3D digital dentistry, design-to-manufacture CAD/CAM, and inventor and developer of the first 3D Intra Oral Scanner 1984.
The introduction of CAD/CAM concepts into dental applications was the brainchild of Prof. Francois Duret in his thesis written at the Université Claude Bernard, Faculté d’Odontologie, in Lyon, France in 1973, entitled “Empreinte Optique” (Optical Impression). He developed a CAD/CAM device, obtained a patent for it in 1984, and brought it to the Chicago Midwinter Meeting in 1989. There, he fabricated a crown in 4 hours as attendees watched.
Source(s): dtg, Prof. Francois Duret
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