UNSPSC 42151638: Dental scissors

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that are scissors shaped to be useful in dental procedures. US FDA regulates Dental scissors under 21 CFR 872.4565 and under FDA product code EGN. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901890.

UNSPSC 42151638 Dental scissors is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local activity under it does not reflect the code's nominal scope. Valencia College's School of Allied Health, Dental Hygiene Department posted a sole-source procurement (SS202620) in November 2025 for 4 iTero Lumina Scanners from Align Technology, Inc. — advanced 3D intraoral imaging devices totaling $143,196.00, not dental cutting instruments. The mismatch suggests the code was applied to a digital dental technology acquisition that falls outside the scissors category's actual domain. State and local procurement systems occasionally tag equipment and devices with commodity codes that do not align with the product being purchased, particularly when the issuing body's taxonomy differs from UNSPSC's primary framing.

The single recent opportunity identified was solicited by a Florida public college under a sole-source process governed by Florida Administrative Code and Florida Statute 287.057, with a seven-day public notice period before final approval. No geographic spread or pattern of repeat activity across multiple jurisdictions supports this code. The absence of additional recent opportunities indicates minimal state and local procurement activity under UNSPSC 42151638 for the commodity it nominally describes.