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# VERICORE ZIRCONIA BLANKS (K140877)

_Whip Mix Corp. · EIH · Sep 3, 2014 · Dental · SESE_

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## Device Facts

- **Applicant:** Whip Mix Corp.
- **Product Code:** [EIH](/submissions/DE/subpart-g%E2%80%94miscellaneous-devices/EIH.md)
- **Decision Date:** Sep 3, 2014
- **Decision:** SESE
- **Submission Type:** Traditional
- **Regulation:** 21 CFR 872.6660
- **Device Class:** Class 2
- **Review Panel:** Dental
- **Attributes:** Therapeutic

## Indications for Use

Vericore zirconia blanks are made from pre-sintered zirconium dioxide intended to be used with many CAD/CAM or manual milling machines. Vericore zirconia blanks are biocompatible and designed to fabricate; - Zirconia Substructures - -Restorations (Including inlays, onlays, and veneers) - Crown Framework in the Anterior and Posterior regions - -Bridge Framework in the Anterior and Posterior regions

## Device Story

Pre-sintered zirconium dioxide blanks; used as raw material for dental restorations. Input: CAD/CAM or manual milling machine instructions. Transformation: mechanical milling of blanks into specific dental shapes (crowns, bridges, inlays, onlays, veneers). Output: custom-milled dental prosthetic framework. Used in dental laboratories by professional technicians. Healthcare provider uses milled output to restore patient dentition; provides structural support and aesthetic replacement for missing or damaged tooth structure.

## Clinical Evidence

Bench testing only. Performed flexural strength, thermal expansion, and chemical solubility tests per ISO 6872; all passed. Density testing performed. Biocompatibility established via predicate device data (ISO 10993-10, 10993-3, 10993-5).

## Technological Characteristics

Pre-sintered zirconium dioxide blanks. Material: Biocompatible zirconia powder (Tosoh Corporation). Processing: CAD/CAM or manual milling. Standards: ISO 6872 (flexural strength, thermal expansion, chemical solubility).

## Regulatory Identification

Porcelain powder for clinical use is a device consisting of a mixture of kaolin, felspar, quartz, or other substances intended for use in the production of artificial teeth in fixed or removable dentures, of jacket crowns, facings, and veneers. The device is used in prosthetic dentistry by heating the powder mixture to a high temperature in an oven to produce a hard prosthesis with a glass-like finish.

## Predicate Devices

- White Peaks Copran ZR/Origin ZR ([K092496](/device/K092496.md))

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Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Document Control Center - WO66-G609 Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002

September 3, 2014

Whip Mix Corporation Mr. John P. Waters Regulatory Compliance Officer 361 Farmington Avenue Louisville KY, 40217

Re: K140877

Trade/Device Name: Vericore Zirconia Blanks Regulation Number: 21 CFR 872.6660 Regulation Name: Porcelain powder for clinical use Regulatory Class: II Product Code: EIH Dated: April 1, 2014 Received: August 6, 2014

Dear Mr. Waters:

We have reviewed your Section 510(k) premarket notification of intent to market the device referenced above and have determined the device is substantially equivalent (for the indications for use stated in the enclosure) to legally marketed predicate devices marketed in interstate commerce prior to May 28, 1976, the enactment date of the Medical Device Amendments, or to devices that have been reclassified in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Act) that do not require approval of a premarket approval application (PMA). You may, therefore, market the device, subject to the general controls provisions of the Act. The general controls provisions of the Act include requirements for annual registration, listing of devices, good manufacturing practice, labeling, and prohibitions against misbranding and adulteration. Please note: CDRH does not evaluate information related to contract liability warranties. We remind you, however, that device labeling must be truthful and not misleading.

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Please be advised that FDA's issuance of a substantial equivalence determination does not mean that FDA has made a determination that your device complies with other requirements of the Act or any Federal statutes and regulations administered by other Federal agencies. You must comply with all the Act's requirements, including, but not limited to: registration and listing (21 CFR Part 807); labeling (21 CFR Part 801); medical device reporting of medical device-related adverse events) (21 CFR 803); good manufacturing practice requirements as set forth in the quality systems (QS) regulation (21 CFR Part 820); and if applicable, the electronic product radiation control provisions (Sections 531-542 of the Act); 21 CFR 1000-1050.

If you desire specific advice for your device on our labeling regulation (21 CFR Part 801), please contact the Division of Industry and Consumer Education at its toll-free number (800) 638-2041 or (301) 796-7100 or at its Internet address http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevicesforYou/Industry/default.htm. Also, please note the regulation entitled, "Misbranding by reference to premarket notification" (21CFR Part 807.97). For questions regarding the reporting of adverse events under the MDR regulation (21 CFR Part 803), please go to http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Safety/ReportaProblem/default.htm for the CDRH's Office of Surveillance and Biometrics/Division of Postmarket Surveillance.

You may obtain other general information on your responsibilities under the Act from the Division of Industry and Consumer Education at its toll-free number (800) 638-2041 or (301) 796-7100 or at its Internet address http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ResourcesforYou/Industry/default.htm.

Sincerely yours,

Mary S. Runner -S

Erin I. Keith, M.S. Director Division of Anesthesiology, General Hospital, Respiratory, Infection Control and Dental Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health

Enclosure

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# Indications For Use

510(k) Number (if known):___K140877

## Indications for Use:

Vericore zirconia blanks are made from pre-sintered zirconium dioxide intended to be used with CAD/CAM or manual milling machines. Vericore zirconia blanks are biocompatible and designed to fabricate;

- -Zirconia Substructures
- Restorations (Including inlays, onlays, and veneers) -
- -Crown Framework in the Anterior and Posterior regions
- -Bridge Framework in the Anterior and Posterior regions

Prescription Use_ (21 CFR 801 Subpart D) AND/OR

Over-The-Counter Use (21 CRR 801 Subpart C)

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Concurrence of CDRH, Office of Device Evaluation (ODE)

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K140877

### 510(K) SUMMARY

This summary of 510(k) safety and effectiveness information is being submitted in accordance with the requirements of 21 CFR 807.92

Date Prepared: 4/1/2014

## 1. APPLICANT

Whip Mix Corporation 361 Farmington Avenue Louisville, KY 40217

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## 2. SUBMITTER and CONTACT

John P. Waters Regulatory Compliance Officer & Official Correspondent for Whip Mix Corporation 361 Farmington Avenue Louisville, KY 40217

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## 3. DEVICE NAME

Vericore Zirconia Blanks

# 4. COMMON OR USUAL NAME AND CLASSIFICATION

Powder, Porcelain Regulation Number: 872.6660 Product Code: EIH Classification: Class II

## 5. PREDICATE DEVICE INFORMATION

White Peaks Copran ZR/Origin ZR (K092496)

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## 6. DEVICE DESCRIPTION

Vericore Zirconia Blanks is a device made from pre-pressed and pre-sintered zirconia powder. It is available in various shades, shapes, and sizes to accommodate the customers CAD/CAM or manual milling equipment/strategies and is not machine specific. Vericore Zirconia Blanks are made from a biocompatible zirconia powder. It is intended to be used by professionals for the fabrication of dental restorations.

# 7. INTENDED USE

Vericore zirconia blanks are made from pre-sintered zirconium dioxide intended to be used with many CAD/CAM or manual milling machines. Vericore zirconia blanks are biocompatible and designed to fabricate;

- Zirconia Substructures -
- -Restorations (Including inlays, onlays, and veneers)
- Crown Framework in the Anterior and Posterior regions -
- -Bridge Framework in the Anterior and Posterior regions

# 8. SUBSTANTIAL EQUIVALENCE WITH PREDICATE DEVICES

| Whip Mix Corporation                           | White Peaks Dental Systems                    |
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| Vericore Zirconia Blanks                       | Copran Zr/Origin YZ                           |
| Class II Device                                | Class II device                               |
| 510(k) Pending                                 | 510(k)092496                                  |
| Product Code EIH                               | Product Code EIH                              |
| Regulation Number- 872.6660                    | Regulation Number- 872.6660                   |
| Material- Biocompatible zirconia powder        | Material- Biocompatible zirconia powder       |
| manufactured by Tosoh Corporation              | manufactured by Tosoh Corporation             |
| Indications For Use                            | Indications For Use                           |
| Vericore zirconia blanks are made from pre-    | Copran Zr! Origin YZ Zirconia blanks are      |
| sintered zirconium dioxide intended to be used | presintered blanks for CAD CAM or manual      |
| with many CAD/CAM or manual milling machines.  | milling, made from biocompatible, tetragonal  |
| Vericore zirconia blanks are biocompatible and | and polycrystalline zirconiumdioxyde. Milling |
| designed to fabricate;                         | blanks designed for;                          |
| - Zirconia Substructures                       | - Crown frameworks in the anterior and        |
| - Restorations (Including inlays, onlays, and  | posterior areas                               |
| veneers)                                       | - Bridge frameworks in the anterior and       |
| - Crown Framework in the Anterior and          | posterior areas                               |
| Posterior regions                              | - Primary conical crowns and telescopic       |
| - Bridge Framework in the Anterior and         | crowns                                        |
| Posterior regions                              | - Canti-levered bridges with a max. of        |
|                                                | one pontic having a premolar width            |

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# 9. BENCH TESTING

Flexural strength, thermal expansion, and chemical solubility tests were performed in accordance with ISO 6872 and all tests passed. Non-clinical testing for density was performed as well and the results are recorded in the proposed labeling.

# 10. BIOCOMPATIBILITY

The product is biocompatible because the predicate device was tested in accordance with ISO 10993-10, 10993-3, and 10993-5. No further biocompatibility tests are necessary because Whip Mix Vericore Blanks are made from the same powder as the predicate.

# 11. SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS CONCLUSION

Vericore® Zirconia Blanks are substantially equivalent to White Peaks ZR material in safety and effectiveness when used in accordance with the instructions for use. Both have similar Indications for Use, use the same raw material, and are biocompatible.

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