FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

AQUAFRESH MILK TEETH TOOTHBRUSH

MDR report key: 5067301 · Received September 8, 2015

Report

Report Number
9615008-2015-00005
Event Type
Other
Date Received
September 8, 2015
Report Date
April 27, 2015
Manufacturer
M + C SCHIFFER GMBH
Product Code
EFW
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
UK
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS: THE ANALYSIS INCLUDES VISUAL AND MICROSCOPIC INSPECTION, VIEW OF PRODUCT REVIEW. ANCHOR POSITION, TUFT HOLE FILLING, CUT FILAMENT DIAMETER AND END ROUNDING ARE CORRECT. TUFT RETENTION FORCE IS MONITORED AND DOCUMENTED BY PRODUCTION CONTROL IN EACH SHIFT. DEVIATIONS ARE NOT DOCUMENTED. THE MICROSCOPIC INSPECTION SHOWED TRACES OF SQUASHES AT THE FILAMENT ENDS. THIS DAMAGE IS OBVIOUSLY CAUSED BY BITING ON THE FILAMENTS. INDIVIDUAL FILAMENTS OF A BUNDLE CAN THUS BE EXTRACTED DURING THE BRUSHING. THIS IS NOT ANXIOUS TO AVOID BY THIS TECHNOLOGY. IT IS MOST LIKELY THAT THE TOOTHBRUSH WAS MANUFACTURED ACCORDING TO CURRENT SPECIFICATIONS. THIS COMPLAINT IS NOT DUE TO PRODUCTION ERROR. NO CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. DECISION OF CLASSIFICATION: NON CONFIRMED. NO MFR'G ERROR HAS BEEN DETECTED.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

COUGHING, SICKNESS, CHOKING SENSATION, FOREIGN BODY IN MOUTH AND PRODUCT COMPLAINT. THIS CASE WAS REPORTED BY A CONSUMER VIA CALL CENTER REP AND DESCRIBED THE OCCURRENCE OF COUGH IN A (B)(6) MONTH OLD MALE PATIENT WHO RECEIVED GSK TOOTHBRUSH (AQUAFRESH MILK TEETH TOOTHBRUSH) FOR DENTAL CARE. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE PATIENT STARTED AQUAFRESH MILK TEETH TOOTHBRUSH AT AN UNKNOWN DOSE AND FREQUENCY. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, AN UNKNOWN TIME AFTER STARTING AQUAFRESH MILK TEETH TOOTHBRUSH, THE PATIENT EXPERIENCED COUGH, SICKNESS, CHOKING SENSATION AND FOREIGN BODY IN MOUTH. THE ACTION TAKEN W/AQUAFRESH MILK TEETH TOOTHBRUSH WAS UNKNOWN. ON AN UNKNOWN DATE, THE OUTCOME OF THE COUGH, SICKNESS, CHOKING SENSATION AND FOREIGN BODY IN MOUTH WERE UNKNOWN. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THE REPORTER CONSIDERED THE COUGH, SICKNESS, CHOKING SENSATION AND FOREIGN BODY IN MOUTH TO BE RELATED TO AQUAFRESH MILK TEETH TOOTHBRUSH. QA RESULTS RECEIVED ON (B)(6) 2015: NON CONFIRMED. NO MFR'G ERROR HAS BEEN DETECTED. BATCH INFO UPDATED: (B)(4).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
593121 AQUAFRESH MILK TEETH TOOTHBRUSH TOOTHBRUSHES EFW M + C SCHIFFER GMBH

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 14 MO Other