---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 872.5550"
title: "21"
number: "872.5550"
heading: "Teething ring."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/872.5550"
---

# §872.5550. Teething ring.

- (a) **Identification.** A teething ring is a divice intended for use by infants for medical purposes to soothe gums during the teething process.
- (b)
  - (1) **Classification.** Class I if the teething ring does not contain a fluid, such as water. The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in [subpart E of part 807](/cfr/21/part807-subpartE.md) of this chapter.
  - (2) **Class II (special controls) if the teething ring contains a fluid, such as water.** The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in [subpart E of part 807](/cfr/21/part807-subpartE.md) of this chapter subject to the limitations in [§ 872.9](/cfr/21/872.9.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[52 FR 30097, Aug. 12, 1987, as amended at 59 FR 63009, Dec. 7, 1994; 84 FR 71812, Dec. 30, 2019]

### 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

[52 FR 30097, Aug. 12, 1987, as amended at 59 FR 63009, Dec. 7, 1994; 84 FR 71812, Dec. 30, 2019]