Browse hierarchy: [Dental (DE)](/submissions/DE) → [Subpart D — Prosthetic Devices](/submissions/DE/subpart-d%E2%80%94prosthetic-devices) → [21 CFR 872.3220](/submissions/DE/subpart-d%E2%80%94prosthetic-devices/872.3220) → KCR — Facebow

# KCR · Facebow

_Dental · 21 CFR 872.3220 · Class 1_

**Canonical URL:** https://fda.innolitics.com/submissions/DE/subpart-d%E2%80%94prosthetic-devices/KCR

## Overview

- **Product Code:** KCR
- **Device Name:** Facebow
- **Regulation:** [21 CFR 872.3220](/submissions/DE/subpart-d%E2%80%94prosthetic-devices/872.3220)
- **Device Class:** 1
- **Review Panel:** [Dental](/submissions/DE)
- **GMP exempt:** yes

## Identification

A facebow is a device intended for use in denture fabrication to determine the spatial relationship between the upper and lower jaws. This determination is intended for use in placing denture casts accurately into an articulator (§ 872.3150) and thereby aiding correct placement of artificial teeth into a denture base.

## Classification Rationale

Class I (general controls). The device is exempt from the premarket notification procedures in subpart E of part 807 of this chapter subject to the limitations in § 872.9. If the device is not labeled or otherwise represented as sterile, the device is exempt from the current good manufacturing practice requirements of the quality management system regulation in part 820 of this chapter, except for requirements concerning records and complaint files under § 820.35 of this chapter.

## Recent Cleared Devices (1 of 1)

| Record | Device Name | Applicant | Decision Date | Decision |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [K830775](https://fda.innolitics.com/submissions/DE/subpart-d%E2%80%94prosthetic-devices/KCR/K830775.md) | FACEBOW FOR BALANCE ARTICULATOR | Almore Intl., Inc. | Apr 28, 1983 | SESE |

## Top Applicants

- Almore Intl., Inc. — 1 clearance

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**Source:** [https://fda.innolitics.com/submissions/DE/subpart-d%E2%80%94prosthetic-devices/KCR](https://fda.innolitics.com/submissions/DE/subpart-d%E2%80%94prosthetic-devices/KCR)

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