Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 13, 2026

Title 21 - Food and Drugs last revised: Dec 18, 2026
§ 872.3730 - Pantograph.

(a) Identification. A pantograph is a device intended to be attached to a patient's head to duplicate lower jaw movements to aid in construction of restorative and prosthetic dental devices. A marking pen is attached to the lower jaw component of the device and, as the patient's mouth opens, the pen records on graph paper the angle between the upper and the lower jaw.

(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. If the device is not labeled or otherwise represented as sterile, it is exempt from the current good manufacturing practice requirements of the quality management system regulation in part 820 of this chapter, except for requirements concerning records and complaint files under § 820.35 of this chapter.

[52 FR 30097, Aug. 12, 1987, as amended at 66 FR 38798, July 25, 2001; 90 FR 55984, Dec. 4, 2025]
authority: 21 U.S.C. 351,360,360c,360e,360j,360
source: 52 FR 30097, Aug. 12, 1987, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 21 CFR 872.3730