K Number
K973088
Device Name
PLS-96P
Date Cleared
1997-10-03

(46 days)

Product Code
Regulation Number
872.3070
Panel
Dental
Reference & Predicate Devices
N/A
Predicate For
N/A
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Intended Use

Silver based alloy dental restorative used in all classes of restorations.

Device Description

PLS-96P Spherical Alloy

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Food and Drug Administration 9200 Corporate Boulevard Rockville MD 20856

OCT - 3 1997

Ms. Samantha Cheetham Official Correspondent Southern Dental Industries, Incorporated 246 First Street, Suite 204 San Francisco, California 94105

K973088 Re: PLS-96P Trade Name: Regulatory Class: II Product Code: EJJ Dated: Auqust 14, 1997 Received: August 18, 1997

Dear Ms. Cheetham:

We have reviewed your Section 510(k) notification of intent to market the device referenced above and we have determined the device is substantially equivalent (for the indications for use stated in the enclosure) to devices marketed in interstate commerce prior to May 28, 1976, the enactment date of the Medical Device Amendments, or to devices that have been reclassified in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Act). You may, therefore, market the device, subject to the general controls provisions The general controls provisions of the Act of the Act. include requirements for annual registration, listing of devices, good manufacturing practice, labeling, and prohibitions against misbranding and adulteration.

If your device is classified (see above) into either class II (Special Controls) or class III (Premarket Approval), it may be subject to such additional controls. Existing major requlations affecting your device can be found in the Code of Federal Requlations, Title 21, Parts 800 to 895. ದ substantially equivalent determination assumes compliance with the current Good Manufacturing Practice requirement, as set forth in the Quality System Regulation (QS) for Medical Devices: General regulation (21 CFR Part 820) and that, through periodic (QS) inspections, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will verify such assumptions. Failure to comply with the GMP regulation may result in regulatory In addition, FDA may publish further announcements action. concerning your device in the Federal Register. Please note: this response to your premarket notification submission does not affect any obligation you might have under sections 531

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through 542 of the Act for devices under the Electronic Product Radiation Control provisions, or other Federal laws or requlations.

This letter will allow you to begin marketing your device as described in your 510(k) premarket notification. The FDA finding of substantial equivalence of your device to a legally marketed predicate device results in a classification for your device and thus, permits your device to proceed to the market.

If you desire specific advice for your device on our labeling requlation (21 CFR Part 801 and additionally 809.10 for in vitro diagnostic devices), please contact the Office of Compliance at (301) 594-4618. Additionally, for questions on the promotion and advertising of your device, please contact the Office of Compliance at (301) 594-4639. Also, please note the regulation entitled, "Misbranding by reference to ene regaración Cherciou) Mablanding af Other general information on your responsibilities under the Act may be obtained from the Division of Small Manufacturers Assistance at its toll-free number (800) 638-2041 or (301) 443-6597 or at its internet address "http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/dsmamain.html".

Sincerely yours,

Timothy Ulatowski

Tim Director Division of Dental, Infection Control and General Hospital Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health

, Enclosure

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510(k) Number (if known):

K973088

Device Name:

PLS-96P Spherical Alloy

Indications For Use:

Silver based alloy dental restorative used in all classes of restorations.

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Concurrence of CDRH, Office of Device Evaluation (ODE) n (Division Sign-Off) Division of Dental, Info and General Hosp 510(k) Number OR Over-The-Counter Use: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Prescription Use: سعد (Per 21 CFR 801.109)

OR

(Optional Format 1-2-96)

§ 872.3070 Dental amalgam, mercury, and amalgam alloy.

(a)
Identification. Dental amalgam is a device that consists of a combination of elemental mercury, supplied as a liquid in bulk, sachet, or predosed capsule form, and amalgam alloy composed primarily of silver, tin, and copper, supplied as a powder in bulk, tablet, or predosed capsule form, for the direct filling of carious lesions or structural defects in teeth. This device also includes the individual component devices, mercury and amalgam alloy, when intended to be combined with each other to form dental amalgam.(b)
Classification. Class II (special controls). The special control for this device is FDA's “Class II Special Controls Guidance Document: Dental Amalgam, Mercury, and Amalgam Alloy.”See § 872.1(e) for the availability of this guidance document.