FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

NUPRO PROPHY PASTE

MDR report key: 3139829 · Received May 20, 2013

Report

Report Number
2515379-2013-00023
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
May 20, 2013
Date of Event
April 25, 2013
Report Date
April 25, 2013
Manufacturer
DENTSPLY PROFESSIONAL
Product Code
EJR
PMA / PMN Number
K912945
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
DENTIST

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

WHILE IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE DEVICE USED IN THIS CASE CAUSED OR CONTRIBUTED TO THE PATIENT'S SYMPTOMS, IT IS POSSIBLE AS ALLERGIC REACTIONS TO DENTAL MATERIALS ARE KNOWN AND REPORTED, WITH MEDICAL CONSEQUENCES BEING DEPENDENT UPON THE SEVERITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL ALLERGIC RESPONSE AND SUBSEQUENT EXPOSURE TO THE SAME MATERIAL. THEREFORE, THIS EVENT MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR REPORTABILITY PER 21 CFR PART 803. THE DEVICE IS AVAILABLE FOR EVALUATION, THOUGH RESULTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AS OF THIS REPORT. EVALUATION RESULTS WILL BE SUBMITTED AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IN THIS EVENT IT WAS REPORTED THAT A PATIENT DEVELOPED A RASH ON THEIR TONGUE AND A "LUMP IN THROAT" AFTER A TREATMENT PROCEDURE USING NUPRO PROPHY PASTE. THE PATIENT WAS ADMINISTERED ZYRTEC AND THE SYMPTOMS ABATED AFTER 1 HOUR.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
223190 NUPRO PROPHY PASTE EJR DENTSPLY PROFESSIONAL 10090201

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Required Intervention