FDA Recall Open, Classified

Dental pins - TMS LINK PLUS Self-Threading Pins - Product Usage: implanted into the teeth or for lab use for dental restoration purposes. The normal procedure requires a hole to be drilled into the tissue of a tooth with an intraoral drill prior to installation. Model number/Catalog number: L741

Recall: Z-1494-2021 · Initiated March 18, 2021

Recall

Recall Number
Z-1494-2021
Event Number
87645
Firm
Coltene Whaledent Inc
FEI Number
2416455
Product Code
EBL
Status
Open, Classified
Root Cause
Under Investigation by firm
Initiated
March 18, 2021
Address
235 Ascot Pkwy, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, 44223-3701

Description

Dental pins - TMS LINK PLUS Self-Threading Pins - Product Usage: implanted into the teeth or for lab use for dental restoration purposes. The normal procedure requires a hole to be drilled into the tissue of a tooth with an intraoral drill prior to installation. Model number/Catalog number: L741

Reason

The incorrect dental pins were packaged and subsequently distributed.

Action

On 3/18/2021, Coltene issued an Urgent Medical Device Recall notice via letter to customers notifying them the incorrect dental pins were packaged and subsequently distributed. The TMS LINK PLUS Self-Threading L741 Pins should be stainless steel, single sheer link pins that are gold-plated. The pins that were packed and distributed are titanium, double sheer, and not gold plated. The incorrectly packaged pin is too small for the drill, resulting in a hole that may be drilled too large for the pins. The pins may not engage the hole to effectively sheer.

Distribution

Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide distribution in the states of NJ, IN, NC, IL. GA, CA, NY, PA and the countries of Canada, Venezuela.

Quantity

65 packs of 20 pins