21 CFR 872.3900
§ 872.3900 Posterior artificial tooth with a metal insert.
United States · 21 CFR — Food and Drugs · Status: effective
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- 21 CFR 872.3900, § 872.3900 Posterior artificial tooth with a metal insert, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/90117
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(a) Identification. A posterior artificial tooth with a metal insert is a porcelain device with an insert made of austenitic alloys or alloys containing 75 percent or greater gold and metals of the platinum group intended to replace a natural tooth. The device is attached to surrounding teeth by a bridge and is intended to provide both an improvement in appearance and functional occlusion (bite).
(b) 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 the limitations in § 872.9.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.