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Title 21 - Food and Drugs last revised: Dec 18, 2026
Searching within: All TitlesTitle 21Chapter IPart 872Subpart G - Subpart G—Miscellaneous Devices
§ 872.6660 - Porcelain powder for clinical use.

(a) Identification. Porcelain powder for clinical use is a device consisting of a mixture of kaolin, felspar, quartz, or other substances intended for use in the production of artificial teeth in fixed or removable dentures, of jacket crowns, facings, and veneers. The device is used in prosthetic dentistry by heating the powder mixture to a high temperature in an oven to produce a hard prosthesis with a glass-like finish.

(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 872.6660