UNSPSC 42151612: Dental retractors

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is an instrument that's used to move the cheek, lips, and tongue out of the way during a dental procedure. US FDA regulates Dental retractors under 21 CFR 872.4565 and under FDA product code EIF. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901890.

UNSPSC 42151612 Dental retractors is a Commodity code that nominally covers hand-held dental retraction instruments, but the recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows a significant mismatch: Valencia College's School of Allied Health, Dental Hygiene Department solicited a sole source procurement for 4 iTero Lumina Scanners, advanced 3D digital intraoral imaging devices for dental and orthodontic applications. The code's abstract name does not reflect the actual scope of work being bought, which centers on specialized digital scanning technology for clinical and educational use in dental hygiene programs rather than mechanical retraction devices. State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code appear limited to educational institutions with dental hygiene or allied health departments; the recent record shows only Valencia College, a Florida institution, in the available opportunities.

Valencia College's procurement, posted April 13, 2026 with a due date of November 27, 2025, represents the sole recent opportunity in the dataset and was structured as a sole source acquisition from Align Technology, Inc, for a total of $143,196.00. The procurement was conducted under Florida Administrative Code 6A-14.0734(2)(a)(h) and Florida Statute 287.057, following a seven business day public posting process for review of the sole source justification. Geographic activity is limited to Florida in the available recent opportunities. The presence of only one recent solicitation under this code, combined with the divergence between the code's nominal scope (dental retractors) and the actual procurement (digital imaging systems), suggests minimal current activity aligned with the traditional commodity definition.