[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 8]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR872.3240]

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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. 872.3240  Dental bur.

    (a) Identification. A dental bur is a rotary cutting device made 
from carbon steel or tungsten carbide intended to cut hard structures in 
the mouth, such as teeth or bone. It is also intended to cut hard 
metals, plastics, porcelains, and similar materials intended for use in 
the fabrication of dental devices.
    (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.

[52 FR 30097, Aug. 12, 1987, as amended at 59 FR 63008, Dec. 7, 1994; 66 
FR 38798, July 25, 2001]