CFR > Title 21 - Food and Drugs > CHAPTER I—FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER H—MEDICAL DEVICES (parts 800 to 898) > PART 872—DENTAL DEVICES > SUBPART D—Prosthetic Devices (§872.3060 to §872.3980) > 872.3275—Dental cement.

872.3275—Dental cement.

(a) Zinc oxide-eugenol— (1) Identification. Zinc oxide-eugenol is a device composed of zinc oxide-eugenol intended to serve as a temporary tooth filling or as a base cement to affix a temporary tooth filling, to affix dental devices such as crowns or bridges, or to be applied to a tooth to protect the tooth pulp.
(2) Classification. Class I (general controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to § 872.9.
(b) Dental cement other than zinc oxide-eugenol— (1) Identification. Dental cement other than zinc oxide-eugenol is a device composed of various materials other than zinc oxide-eugenol intended to serve as a temporary tooth filling or as a base cement to affix a temporary tooth filling, to affix dental devices such as crowns or bridges, or to be applied to a tooth to protect the tooth pulp.
(2) Classification. Class II.

Code of Federal Regulations

[52 FR 30097, Aug. 12, 1987, as amended at 65 FR 2314, Jan. 14, 2000]