FDA Recall
Terminated
Cosmedent's Etching Gel, 3g, 37% Phosphoric Acid, Rx only. Packaged in 3g Luer Lock syringes. Used for etching enamel and dentin.
Recall: Z-0741-2018
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Initiated September 28, 2017
Recall
- Recall Number
- Z-0741-2018
- Event Number
- 78479
- Firm
- Cosmedent, Inc.
- FEI Number
- 1450653
- Product Code
- KLE
- Status
- Terminated
- Root Cause
- Under Investigation by firm
- Initiated
- September 28, 2017
- Terminated
- October 5, 2020
- Address
- 4646 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL, 60640-4510
Description
Cosmedent's Etching Gel, 3g, 37% Phosphoric Acid, Rx only. Packaged in 3g Luer Lock syringes. Used for etching enamel and dentin.
Reason
Product packaged in a syringe that is not a lure lock syringe and the tip cold come off when expressing the material.
Action
Customers were sent recall notification letters on approximately 09/28/2017. The letter identified the affected device and discussed the reason for the recall. Instructions included discontinuing use of the product, and returning it to Cosmedent. The firm will issue a credit or refund for the recalled device.
Distribution
Worldwide Distribution -- USA, to the states of IL, LA, MI, PA, and WI; and, to the countries of Australia, Hungary, and Spain.
Quantity
84 units