---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 872.4200"
title: "21"
number: "872.4200"
heading: "Dental handpiece and accessories."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/872.4200"
---

# §872.4200. Dental handpiece and accessories.

- (a) **Identification.** A dental handpiece and accessories is an AC-powered, water-powered, air-powered, or belt-driven, hand-held device that may include a foot controller for regulation of speed and direction of rotation or a contra-angle attachment for difficult to reach areas intended to prepare dental cavities for restorations, such as fillings, and for cleaning teeth.
- (b) **Classification.** Class I.

## Notes

### Amendments

[55 FR 48439, Nov. 20, 1990]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 351, 360, 360c, 360e, 360j, 360 l, 371.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 30097, Aug. 12, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[55 FR 48439, Nov. 20, 1990]