FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

HENRY SCHEIN ETCH GEL 40%

MDR report key: 1327332 · Received February 25, 2009

Report

Report Number
MW5010099
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
February 25, 2009
Date of Event
February 10, 2009
Report Date
February 25, 2009
Manufacturer
CONFI-DENTAL PRODUCTS CO.
Product Code
KLE
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
NC, US
Reporter Occupation
DENTIST

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DENTAL PATIENT -FEMALE RECEIVED DENTAL RESTORATION TREATMENT INVOLVING TOOTH ETCHANT GEL. TOWARD THE END OF THE APPOINTMENT, A BLUE-ISH MARK WAS REMOVED WITH A WET 2X2 -DENTIST ASSUMED THIS WAS DYE FROM THE ARTICULATING PAPER-. THE PATIENT CALLED THE NEXT MORNING REPORTING WHAT APPEARED TO BE 2 BURNS ON HER CHEEK WITH NO PAIN OR TENDERNESS. THE PATIENT WAS EXAMINED BY A DERMATOLOGIST IN 2009 WHO CONFIRMED TWO INFLAMED LESIONS ON THE LEFT CHEEK THAT COULD BE CONSISTENT WITH CHEMICAL IRRITATION OR MILD CHEMICAL BURN AND PRESCRIBED BIAFINE CREAM. THE ETCHANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE STATE "CONTAINS PHOSPHORIC ACID THAT CAN BE HARMFUL TO SKIN, MUCOSA AND EYES. IN CASE OF CONTACT WITH ANY OF THESE TISSUES, FLUSH IMMEDIATELY WITH COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF WATER AND SEEK MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR APPROPRIATE TREATMENT." DOSE OR AMOUNT: THIN LAYER TO TOOTH ENAMEL. FREQUENCY: ONCE. ROUTE: TOP. DATES OF USE: 2009 - ONCE. DIAGNOSIS OR REASON FOR USE: NORMAL DENTAL PROCEDURE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 HENRY SCHEIN ETCH GEL 40% DENTAL ETCHANT GET KLE CONFI-DENTAL PRODUCTS CO. I8510-3

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 27 YR Disability