UNSPSC 42151507: Dental shades

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that specifies different shades of tooth color to be matched by impressions, casting, moldings or investments. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901839.

UNSPSC 42151507 Dental shades, a Commodity code, does not align with the recent state and local opportunities posted under this classification. The three most recent solicitations name dental scanners, dental prosthesis fabrication, and career technical education instructional resources — none of which are dental shade materials or products. The mismatch suggests either miscoding at the issuing-body level or a material gap between the code's nominal scope and what procurement offices are actually buying under it.

The recent activity shows dental-related work being sourced across different issuing bodies and geographies. Valencia College's School of Allied Health, Dental Hygiene Department in Florida pursued a sole-source acquisition of four iTero Lumina Scanners from Align Technology, Inc. (due November 27, 2025, total cost $143,196.00), and San Mateo Medical Center in California issued an RFP for fixed and removable prosthesis fabrication services with a due date of March 6, 2026 and evaluation criteria favoring local businesses and nonprofits under county preference ordinance. Neither opportunity involves dental shades as a product category. The Klein ISD career technical education RFP (due June 5, 2026) encompasses 17 CTE program areas including barbering and cosmetology, which could tangentially touch shade-matching work, but the solicitation makes no explicit reference to dental shade materials or related products. Without representative opportunities actually soliciting dental shades, characterizing issuing-body concentration, geographic demand, or market timing under this code is not supported by the source.