21 C.F.R. § 872.3940 Total temporomandibular joint prosthesis.
Title 21 - Food and Drugs
(a) Identification. A total temporomandibular joint prosthesis is a device that is intended to be implanted in the human jaw to replace the mandibular condyle and augment the glenoid fossa to functionally reconstruct the temporomandibular joint. (b) Classification. Class III. (c) Date PMA or notice of completion of a PDP is required. A PMA or a notice of completion of a PDP is required to be filed with the Food and Drug Administration on or before March 30, 1999, for any total temporomandibular joint prosthesis that was in commercial distribution before May 28, 1976, or that has, on or before March 30, 1999, been found to be substantially equivalent to a total temporomandibular joint prosthesis that was in commercial distribution before May 28, 1976. Any other total temporomandibular joint prosthesis shall have an approved PMA or a declared completed PDP in effect before being placed in commercial distribution. [59 FR 65478, Dec. 20, 1994, as amended at 63 FR 71746, Dec. 30, 1998]
Title 21: Food and Drugs
PART 872—DENTAL DEVICES
Subpart D—Prosthetic Devices
§ 872.3940 Total temporomandibular joint prosthesis.
