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Exact FDA event identifier

Event 79994

1 recalled-product record grouped only because every row carries this exact official event ID.

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
April 13, 2018
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class II
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Coltene Whaledent Inc

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.

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Every recalled product in this event

1 official enforcement rows

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device · product 1 of 1

Alpen Carbide 702 Cross Cut Tapered Fissure FG 10 pack (Carbide Burs), Model R100702 a rotary cutting device made from carbon steel or tungsten carbide intended to cut hard structures in the mouth, such as teeth or bone.

Z-1883-2018
Recall number
Z-1883-2018
Initiated
April 13, 2018
Classification
Class II
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Coltene Whaledent Inc
Quantity
11

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The products are labeled with an incorrect product number.

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

Official device-enrichment evidence · Unknown

An exact joined enrichment record exists, but none supplies supported root-cause wording. This is not an FDA finding of an unknown cause.

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Reason for recall

The products are labeled with an incorrect product number.

Code information

Batch I37640

Distribution pattern

The products were distributed to the following US states: NY. The products were distributed to the following foreign countries: Canada

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