UNSPSC 42151683: Facebows

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is a is a dental instrument that is used in the field of prosthodontics. Its purpose is to transfer functional and aesthetic components from patient's mouth to the dental articulator. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901839.

UNSPSC 42151683 Facebows is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement activity covers advanced intraoral digital scanning equipment for dental and orthodontic clinical and educational use. The sole recent opportunity in the dataset — Valencia College's School of Allied Health, Dental Hygiene Department's acquisition of 4 iTero Lumina Scanners from Align Technology, Inc — suggests that state and local buyers are using this code to tag specialized 3D imaging devices for dental hygiene training and patient care rather than traditional passive facebows. The issuing body here is a public higher-education institution's allied health program, reflecting the educational and clinical training context in which this equipment is deployed.

Valencia College in Florida posted the sole source procurement (SS202620) on November 18, 2025, with a response deadline of November 27, 2025, seeking $143,196.00 for the four iTero Lumina units under Florida Administrative Code and Florida Statute 287.057. The narrow geographic signal and single recent opportunity suggest limited state and local procurement volume under this code, or possible tagging inconsistencies where digital intraoral scanning equipment may appear under related dental and orthodontic device codes elsewhere in the taxonomy.