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/ PART 872 - DENTAL DEVICES
/ Subpart B - Diagnostic Devices / § 872.1840 Dental x-ray position indicating device.
§ 872.1840 Dental x-ray position indicating device.
(a) Identification. A dental x-ray position indicating device is a device, such as a collimator, cone, or aperture, that is used in dental radiographic examination. The device is intended to align the examination site with the x-ray beam and to restrict the dimensions of the dental x-ray field by limiting the size of the primary x-ray beam.
(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.