Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 13, 2026

Title 21 - Food and Drugs last revised: Dec 18, 2026
§ 872.5470 - Orthodontic plastic bracket.

(a) Identification. An orthodontic plastic bracket is a plastic device intended to be bonded to a tooth to apply pressure to a tooth from a flexible orthodontic wire to alter its position.

(b) Classification. Class II.

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 872.5470