FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

HERCULITE ULTRA

MDR report key: 3370356 · Received September 26, 2013

Report

Report Number
2024312-2013-00563
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
September 26, 2013
Report Date
August 28, 2013
Manufacturer
KERR CORPORATION
Product Code
EBF
PMA / PMN Number
K082671
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
DENTIST

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ALTHOUGH THE DOCTOR IDENTIFIED THREE (3) DIFFERENT LOTS ASSOCIATED WITH DEBONDING OF RESTORATIONS, HE COULD NOT VERIFY WHICH LOT WAS USED ON EACH PATIENT; THEREFORE, NO LOT NUMBERS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THIS REPORT. THE LOTS INVOLVED IN THE ALLEGED INCIDENTS INCLUDE LOT NUMBERS 4901812, 4852230, AND 4444980. PATIENT SPECIFICS AGE AND GENDER WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE DOCTOR RE-CEMENTED OR REPAIRED THE RESTORATION FOR THE PATIENT WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. TO DATE, THE PATIENT IS FINE. A 'ROCKWELL HARDNESS' TEST OF THE RETURNED PRODUCT WAS EVALUATED, YIELDING RESULTS WITHIN SPECIFICATIONS. A DHR REVIEW REVEALED THAT THERE WERE NO DEVIATIONS FROM THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. IN ADDITION, NO SIMILAR COMPLAINTS WERE RECEIVED WITH REGARD TO THESE LOTS.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A DOCTOR ALLEGED THAT FIVE (5) PATIENTS HAD EXPERIENCED A DEBONDING AND CHIPPING OF RESTORATIONS AFTER USING HERCULITE ULTRA. THIS IS THE FIRST OF FIVE (5) REPORTS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
486362 HERCULITE ULTRA MATERIAL, TOOTH SHADE, RESIN EBF KERR CORPORATION

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Other