21 CFR § 872.4600 - Intraoral ligature and wire lock.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t21/s872.4600"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "21 CFR § 872.4600 - Intraoral ligature and wire lock."
title_number: 21
title_name: "Food and Drugs"
section_number: "872.4600"
section_name: "Intraoral ligature and wire lock."
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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# 872.4600 Intraoral ligature and wire lock.

(a) *Identification.* An intraoral ligature and wire lock is a metal device intended to constrict fractured bone segments in the oral cavity. The bone segments are stabilized by wrapping the ligature (wire) around the fractured bone segments and locking the ends together.

(b) *Classification.* Class II.