---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 882.5300"
title: "21"
number: "882.5300"
heading: "Methyl methacrylate for cranioplasty."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/882.5300"
---

# §882.5300. Methyl methacrylate for cranioplasty.

- (a) **Identification.** Methyl methacrylate for cranioplasty (skull repair) is a self-curing acrylic that a surgeon uses to repair a skull defect in a patient. At the time of surgery, the surgeon initiates polymerization of the material and forms it into a plate or other appropriate shape to repair the defect.
- (b) **Classification.** Class II (performance standards).

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 44 FR 51730, Sept. 4, 1979, unless otherwise noted.