FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MAXCEM ELITE

MDR report key: 1960511 · Received January 13, 2011

Report

Report Number
2024312-2011-00007
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 13, 2011
Date of Event
November 15, 2010
Report Date
December 13, 2010
Manufacturer
KERR CORPORATION
Product Code
EMA
PMA / PMN Number
K073209
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
AZ, US
Reporter Occupation
DENTIST

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

A DOCTOR REPORTED THAT A PATIENT LOST A CROWN THAT HAD BEEN PLACED WITH MAXCEM ELITE. THE CROWN WAS RECEMENTED WITH A DIFFERENT CEMENT AND THE PATIENT IS DOING FINE. THE DOCTOR IDENTIFIED TWO DIFFERENT LOTS OF MAXCEM ELITE, HOWEVER HE DID NOT SPECIFY WHICH LOT WAS USED IN THIS INCIDENT. BOTH LOTS WERE RETURNED FOR EVALUATION, BUT THE SYRINGE OF ONE LOT WAS RETURNED EMPTY; THEREFORE RETAIN SAMPLES WERE EVALUATED. BOTH LOTS MET PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS FOR ADHESIVE STRENGTH. A REVIEW OF THE MANUFACTURING RECORDS INDICATED THAT THERE WERE NO NON-CONFORMANCES OR VARIANCES FROM THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. NO SIMILAR COMPLAINTS WERE RECEIVED FOR EITHER LOT WHICH INDICATES THAT THIS INCIDENT WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. THESE INVESTIGATION RESULTS SHOW THAT THE DEBONDS WERE LIKELY THE RESULT OF A USER OR TECHNIQUE-RELATED PROBLEM AND NOT TO A PRODUCT FAILURE. (B)(4)

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6), 2010, A DOCTOR REPORTED THAT FIVE (5) PATIENTS LOST A CROWN THAT HAD BEEN PLACED WITH MAXCEM ELITE. THIS MDR IS THE FOURTH OF FIVE REPORTS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MAXCEM ELITE DENTAL CEMENT EMA KERR CORPORATION

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other| R FUSION CURING LIGHT