FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

POWDER PORCELAIN

MDR report key: 7191422 · Received January 15, 2018

Report

Report Number
1718912-2017-00036
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 15, 2018
Date of Event
April 10, 2014
Report Date
December 19, 2017
Manufacturer
ULTRADENT PRODUCTS
Product Code
EIH
PMA / PMN Number
K951582
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
US
Reporter Occupation
DENTIST

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

REFILING DUE TO ORIGINAL REPORT NOT BEING SUCESSFULLY UPLOADED TO DATA BASE

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DENTAL ASSISTANT PUSHED THE PLUNGER OF THE PORCELAIN ETCH AND IT APPERED TO BE CLOGGED. SHE THEN PUSHED HARDER. NO PORCELAIN ETCH CAME OUT THE SYRINGE. WHEN SHE WENT TO REMOVE THE TIP, THE PRESSURE SHE HAD CREATED LET OF COUPLE OF DROPS OF THE PRODUCT COME OUT OF THE SYRINGE AND LANDED IN HER EYE. SHE CLAIMS TO HAVE HAD SAFETY GLASSES ON. SHE IMMEDIATELY FLUSHED HER EYE WITH WATER AND SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. AT THE HOSPITAL , THEY PUT SALINE IN HER EYE FOLLOWED BY AN ANTIBOITIC. SHE WAS GIVEN SOME OINTMENT WHICH SHE BELIEVES TO BE MORE ANTIBIOTIC. HER VISION WAS SLIGHTLY BLURRED. SHE SAID THAT HER EYE WAS TEARING ALOT. SHE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL 5 DAYS LATER FOR A CHECK UP AND HER VISION WAS FINE. SHE STILL HAD SOME SORENESS WHEN SHE MOVES HER EYE. THE HOSPITAL TOLD HER THAT WAS NORMAL. THEY EXPECTED IT TO GO AWAY, WE SUGGESTED THAT SHE GET WRAP AROUND SAFETY GLASS AND NOT TO APPLY EXCESSIVE PRESSURE ON A PLUNGER IF A TIP APPEARS TO BE CLOGGED. A FOLLOW UP PHONE CALL CONFIRMED THAT SHE WAS FINE AND HAD NO FURTHER PROBLEMS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
35222 POWDER PORCELAIN PORCELAIN ETCH EIH ULTRADENT PRODUCTS 406 B8VYL

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 31 YR