Title 21: Food and Drugs
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/ PART 872 - DENTAL DEVICES
/ Subpart B - Diagnostic Devices / § 872.1500 Gingival fluid measurer.
§ 872.1500 Gingival fluid measurer.
(a) Identification. A gingival fluid measurer is a gauge device intended to measure the amount of fluid in the gingival sulcus (depression between the tooth and gums) to determine if there is a gingivitis condition.
(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.