Reported Nov 28, 2012 · Terminated

BioPlant, a dental bone grafting material. BioPlant has been assigned the product code LYC (Bone Grafting Material,…

Kerr Corporation

Moderate riskThis product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: Kerr Corporation · 1717 W Collins Ave · Orange, CA · 92867-5422

Is this the product you have?

  • BioPlant, a dental bone grafting material. BioPlant has been assigned the product code LYC (Bone Grafting Material, Synthetic) by the FDA and is classified as a Class II Medical Device. BioPlant is a Class II Medical Device. The Device Listing Number is 0007254. BioPlant is a synthetic, multipurpose bone-grafting material intended to be used in dental applications to maintain and restore the bony alveolar ridge in post-extraction tooth-root sockets or after oral surgery, ridge preservation, ridge augmentation, augmentations in the maxillary sinus, repair of periodontal defects and bone voids associated with dental implant placement.
Lot codes and dates
  • The BioPlant part numbers and lot numbers
  • affected by this recall are as followsProduct Description Part Numbers Lot Numbers BioPlant Curved Syringe, 0.125g 216110 All Production BioPlant Curved Syringe, 0.25g 216112 BioPlant Curved Svrinoe, 0.50<1 216114 Lots Within Shelf-Life BioPlant Curved Svrinoe, 0.250 216132 20k BioPlant Intro Pack 216112S
Amount recalled
22,410 units

This recall covers 3 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 2 are below.

Where it was sold

  • Nationwide

Why it was recalled

The firm initiated the recall becaue disturbing the BioPlant product soon after it is placed may halt or delay the ossification process.

This product could cause temporary or reversible health problems — stop using it.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA device enforcement) notice

Notice updated Sep 23, 2013 · Data as of Sep 19, 6:47 PM UTC

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