Exact FDA event identifier

Event 64216

2 recalled-product records grouped only because every row carries this exact official event ID.

Event summary

Timeline bucket: January 17, 2013
Product types: Device
Classifications: Class II
Statuses: Terminated
Recalling firm wording: Ormco/Sybronendo

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

Enforcement coverage uses report dates; product initiation dates can precede those bounds. Device-enrichment coverage uses FDA event_date_initiated.

How coverage and grouping work

Complete imported group

Every recalled product in this event

2 official enforcement rows

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device · product 1 of 2

SybronEndo Elements Obturation Unit; REF 973-0322; SN 91-1234; 2005-10; SybronEndo, 1332 S. Lone Hill Ave. Glendora, CA 91740; EU Rep: Kerr Italia, S.r.l, Via Passanti, 332, 1-84018 Scafati (SA), Italy The intended use of the Elements Obturation Unit and Replacement A/C Power Cord is to provide continuous heat at the tip of the dental instrument to test tooth response to thermal stimulus, for tissue cauterization and coagulation and to backfill and down pack gutta percha during endodontic root canal treatment.

Z-1544-2013

Recall number: Z-1544-2013
Initiated: January 17, 2013
Classification: Class II
Status: Terminated
Recalling firm: Ormco/Sybronendo
Quantity: 3615 units total

App-derived interpretation

Labeling or packaging reason.labeling_packaging · v1.0.0

label was inadvertently omitted

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Sourced

Labeling mix-ups

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Reason for recall

A recall has been issued by SybronEndo because a Canadian Standards Association (CSA)-directed cautionary statement label was inadvertently omitted from the Elements Obturation Unit and its Replacement A/C Power Cord.

Code information

Lot/Serial Numbers: 91-17011 to 91-19095; 91-20889 to 91-22339

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - USA (nationwide) and the countries of Australia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Canada, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, and United Kingdom.

device · product 2 of 2

SybronEndo Replacement AC Power Cord, US Elements Obturation; REF 973-0334; SybronEndo, 1332 S. Lone Hill Ave. Glendora, CA 91740; EU Rep: Kerr Italia, S.r.l, Via Passanti, 332, 1-84018 Scafati (SA), Italy, Made in Taiwan The intended use of the Elements Obturation Unit and Replacement A/C Power Cord is to provide continuous heat at the tip of the dental instrument to test tooth response to thermal stimulus, for tissue cauterization and coagulation and to backfill and down pack gutta percha during endodontic root canal treatment.

Z-1545-2013

Recall number: Z-1545-2013
Initiated: January 17, 2013
Classification: Class II
Status: Terminated
Recalling firm: Ormco/Sybronendo
Quantity: 3615 unit total