FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

GLUMA DESENSITIZER

MDR report key: 2135162 · Received June 3, 2011

Report

Report Number
9610902-2011-00009
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 3, 2011
Date of Event
July 24, 2008
Report Date
May 31, 2011
Manufacturer
HERAEUS KULZER, HMBH
Product Code
KLE
PMA / PMN Number
K962812
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Occupation
DENTIST

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

HYPERTENSION HAS NOT BEEN DESCRIBED AS A SIDE EFFECT TO DATE, BUT DIZZINESS IS A KNOWN SIDE EFFECT. WITH ALL WE KNOW ABOUT GLUTARALDEHYDE AND GLUMA DESENSITIZER, WE DO NOT SEE A DIRECT EFFECT CONNECTION BETWEEN GLUMA DESENSITIZER AND THE SYMPTOMS OF THE PT. POSSIBLE REASON FOR THE SITUATION INCLUDE THE PT'S ADVANCED AGE, A POSSIBLE FEAR OF THE DENTAL TREATMENT, THE TREATMENT OF HYPERSENSITIVE CERVICAL AREAS FOR THE ACUPUNCTURE. THE SMELL IN CONNECTION WITH BREATHING DIFFICULTIES AND RESULT IN THE CONDITION OF HYPERTENSION WITHOUT ANY DIRECT CHEMICAL EFFECT. WE CANNOT EXCLUDE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN GLUMA DESENSITIZER AND THE SYMPTOMS OF POTENTIAL INTERACTION BETWEEN GLUMA DESENSITIZER AND OTHER MEDICINE THAT PT MAY HAVE BEEN TAKING, OR THE STATE OF MIND DUE TO THE STRESSFUL SITUATION OF THE PT. THIS REPORT IS BEING SUBMITTED AS A RESULT OF CORRECTIVE MEASURE TO FDA FINDING.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PT COMPLAINED DURING OR AFTER A TREATMENT, DUE TO HYPERSENSITIVE CERVICAL AREAS ABOUT HYPERTENSION. THE CONDITION LASTED FOR ONE HOUR AND THE NOTIFYING DENTIST CLASSIFIED THE SIDE EFFECT AS LIFE-THREATENING. DUE TO THE HYPERTENSION, THE PT WAS REFERRED TO THE GENERAL PRACTITIONER WITH SUSPECTED ALLERGIC REACTION, ALTHOUGH NO ALLERGIES WERE KNOWN. THE PT FULLY RECOVERED WITHOUT LINGERING SIDE EFFECTS. FURTHERMORE, THE PT SUBMITTED TO AN ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT. THE REPORT DOES NOT INDICATE IF THE NOTIFYING DENTIST PERFORMED THIS BEFORE OR DURING THE TREATMENT TO REDUCE THE FEAR AND POTENTIAL PAIN, OR IF THE ACUPUNCTURE WAS DONE FOR THE TREATMENT OF THE HYPERTENSION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 GLUMA DESENSITIZER KLE TOOTH RESIN BONDING AGENT KLE HERAEUS KULZER, HMBH

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 78 YR Other