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Event 63296

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Event summary

Timeline bucket
April 24, 2012
Product types
Device
Classifications
Class III
Statuses
Terminated
Recalling firm wording
Ormco/Sybronendo

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

  • openFDA Device Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.
  • openFDA Device Recall event_date_initiated coverage June 01, 1997–June 30, 2026

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The brand name of the device is Damon 3MX Bicuspid Bracket, an orthodontic bracket. Part Number 494-4491, Description -Damon 3MX Bicuspid Bracket, Lot Number - 011265039 Product Usage: Damon 3MX Bicuspid Brackets are intended to be a fixed attachment on a tooth which holds an archwire during orthodontic treatment.

Z-0120-2013
Recall number
Z-0120-2013
Initiated
April 24, 2012
Classification
Class III
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
Ormco/Sybronendo
Quantity
148

App-derived interpretation

Unknown reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0
The firm initiated the recall as a result of a misidentification of the brackets. Damon 3MX Bicuspid Brackets are produced with a purple colored ID dot to identify them as maxillary bicuspid brackets; however the affected lot of product listed below was produced with dark blue colored ID dots, which identified them as maxillary central incisor brackets.

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Reason for recall

The firm initiated the recall as a result of a misidentification of the brackets. Damon 3MX Bicuspid Brackets are produced with a purple colored ID dot to identify them as maxillary bicuspid brackets; however the affected lot of product listed below was produced with dark blue colored ID dots, which identified them as maxillary central incisor brackets.

Code information

Part Number 494-4491, Description -Damon 3MX Bicuspid Bracket, Lot Number - 011265039

Distribution pattern

Worldwide Distribution - US Nationwide and the countries of Canada, China, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Polynesia, India, Kuwait, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and UAE.