Title 21: Food and Drugs
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/ PART 872 - DENTAL DEVICES
/ Subpart D - Prosthetic Devices / § 872.3850 Gutta percha.
§ 872.3850 Gutta percha.
(a) Identification. Gutta percha is a device made from coagulated sap of certain tropical trees intended to fill the root canal of a tooth. The gutta percha is softened by heat and inserted into the root canal, where it hardens as it cools.
(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.