UNSPSC 42151618: Dental elevators

In this classification, this commodity indicates an instrument for prying up a sunken part, such as the depressed fragment of bone in fracture of the skull, or for elevating tissues from their attachment to bone in a dental procedure. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901849.

UNSPSC 42151618 Dental elevators is a Commodity code that nominally refers to hand instruments used in dental extraction procedures, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged to this code reflect a significant mismatch between the code name and actual procurement activity. The three most recent opportunities posted under this code include a sole-source acquisition of intraoral digital scanners for a community college dental hygiene program, a master order pool for general dental and medical equipment and supplies, and a municipal wastewater cyanide analyzer — none of which align with traditional dental elevator hand instruments. The code appears to be applied inconsistently across issuing bodies, suggesting either data-entry error in the tagging process or a broader classification problem that lumps disparate dental and laboratory equipment categories together. State and local procurement offices posting under this code range from educational institutions like Valencia College and Texas A&M University to municipal utilities like the City of Arlington, indicating no particular concentration among issuing-body types.

The geographic spread of recent activity includes Florida, Texas, and Texas again across the three opportunities. Valencia College in Orlando posted a sole-source RFP for $143,196.00 in iTero Lumina intraoral scanners (Align Technology, Inc) with a response deadline of November 27, 2025. Texas A&M University Division of Finance Procurement Services issued an ITB for a dental and medical equipment and supplies vendor pool with bids due September 3, 2026. The City of Arlington posted an RFP for a cyanide flow analyzer due September 10, 2026 — an opportunity wholly unrelated to dental work. Given the divergence between the code's nominal scope and the actual work being solicited, this Commodity code shows little relevant activity for firms focused on dental instruments or traditional dental supplies procurement.