FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

MULTI-CURE GLASS IONOMER BAND CEMENT

MDR report key: 517968 · Received March 26, 2004

Report

Report Number
2020467-2004-00004
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
March 26, 2004
Date of Event
March 13, 2004
Report Date
March 16, 2004
Manufacturer
3M UNITEK
Product Code
DYH
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

REGISTERED DENTAL ASSISTANT (RDA) REPORTED THAT PATIENT HAD A REACTION CONSISTENT WITH CONTACT DERMATITIS AFTER A BAND WAS RE-CEMENTED ON PT'S TOOTH. RDA REPORTED THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF PATIENT'S ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT, PATIENT EXPERIENCED MILD IRRITAION WHEN THE BANDS WERE INITIALLY CEMENTED ON THEIR TEETH. SUBSEQUENTLY, ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WHEN A BAND HAD TO BE RE-CEMENTED, PATIENT EXPERIENCED INCREASED DERMATITIS WITH EACH OCCASION. IN 2004, WHEN PATIENT HAD ANOTHER BAND RE-CEMENTED, THEY EXPERIENCED A RED, INFLAMED A RASH AND PUFFY LIPS. ORTHODONTIST REMOVED THE BAND AND PATIENT'S PEDIATRICIAN PRESCRIBED A STERIOD (PREDNISONE) FOR REACTION. PATIENT HAS COMPLETELY RECOVERED FROM THE REACTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 MULTI-CURE GLASS IONOMER BAND CEMENT ORTHODONTC BAND CEMENT DYH 3M UNITEK NA UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 11 YR Required Intervention ARCHWIRES THERAPY DATES: 2003 TO PRESENT.| ORTHODONTIC BRACKETS, BANDS, BUCCAL TUBES,