[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 8]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR872.3150]

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                        TITLE 21--FOOD AND DRUGS
 
CHAPTER I--FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                          SERVICES (CONTINUED)
 
PART 872--DENTAL DEVICES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart D--Prosthetic Devices
 
Sec. 872.3150  Articulator.

    (a) Identification. An articulator is a mechanical device intended 
to simulate movements of a patient's upper and lower jaws. Plaster casts 
of the patient's teeth and gums are placed in the device to reproduce 
the occlusion (bite) and articulation of the patient's jaws. An 
articulator is intended to fit dentures or provide orthodontic 
treatment.
    (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 Sec. 872.9. If the device is 
not labeled or otherwise represented as sterile, the device is exempt 
from the current good manufacturing practice regulations in part 820 of 
this chapter, with the exceptions of Sec. 820.180, with respect to 
general requirements concerning records, and Sec. 820.198, with respect 
to complaint files.

[52 FR 30097, Aug. 12, 1987, as amended at 54 FR 13830, Apr. 5, 1989; 66 
FR 38797, July 25, 2001]

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