UNSPSC 42151625: Dental hygiene instruments

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that consists of various instruments use to create and maintain hygienic conditions during dental procedures. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901839.

UNSPSC 42151625 Dental hygiene instruments is a Commodity code representing specialized equipment and supplies for dental clinical practice and education. Recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows two distinct demand streams: intraoral digital scanning technology for educational dental programs, and broader pooled dental and medical equipment and supplies for healthcare systems. State and local buyers include higher-education institutions (Valencia College, Texas A&M University), which are the repeat issuers across recent activity. Universities and colleges pursue these procurements for both clinical training and departmental infrastructure needs, typically through sole-source or pooled master-order vehicles when specialized equipment is involved.

Activity concentrates in Texas and Florida, with Valencia College's School of Allied Health, Dental Hygiene Department (Florida) conducting a sole-source procurement of 4 iTero Lumina Scanners from Align Technology, Inc for $143,196.00 under SS202620, originally posted November 18, 2025 with a due date of November 27, 2025. Texas A&M University, Division of Finance Procurement Services, issued an ITB (TAMHSC-26-0648) on August 20, 2026 with a September 3, 2026 deadline to establish a pooled vendor master order for on-demand dental and medical equipment and supplies, with bidders required to register and respond through the AggieBid portal. A third recent opportunity—the City of Arlington, Texas RFP 270014 for a cyanide flow analyzer posted August 12, 2026—appears misclassified under this dental hygiene code and represents wastewater treatment equipment outside the code's actual scope.