21 CFR § 872.3740 - Retentive and splinting pin.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s872.3740"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 872.3740 - Retentive and splinting pin."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "872.3740"
section_name: "Retentive and splinting pin."
chapter_name: "FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "MEDICAL DEVICES"
part_number: "872"
part_name: "DENTAL DEVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 371."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 30097, Aug. 12, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "872"
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# 872.3740 Retentive and splinting pin.
(a) *Identification.* A retentive and splinting pin is a device made of austenitic alloys or alloys containing 75 percent or greater gold and metals of the platinum group intended to be placed permanently in a tooth to provide retention and stabilization for a restoration, such as a crown, or to join two or more teeth together.
(b) *Classification.* Class I (general controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 872.9
[52 FR 30097, Aug. 12, 1987, as amended at 60 FR 38900, July 28, 1995; 66 FR 38798, July 25, 2001]