UNSPSC 42151689: Dental punches

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that is an instrument for making a hole or indentation in some solid material or for driving out a foreign body in such material in a dental procedure. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901839.

UNSPSC 42151689 Dental punches is a Commodity code that in recent state and local activity describes specialized dental imaging and scanning equipment rather than hand tools. Valencia College's School of Allied Health, Dental Hygiene Department solicited a sole-source procurement for four iTero Lumina Scanners — advanced 3D intraoral imaging devices used in clinical and educational dental applications. State and local educational institutions, particularly community colleges with dental and allied health programs, drive procurement under this code. The work involves acquisition of precision diagnostic technology that integrates into existing dental hygiene clinical infrastructure and supports both patient care and student training.

The code shows limited recent activity, with the Valencia College opportunity representing the primary visible state-local engagement. That procurement was posted April 13, 2026, with a response deadline of November 27, 2025, conducted under Florida Administrative Code 6A-14.0734(2)(a)(h) and Florida Statute 287.057 as a sole-source acquisition from Align Technology, Inc, valued at $143,196.00 for four scanner units. Geographic activity is concentrated in Florida based on available records. The narrow institutional focus and sole-source structure of the visible opportunity suggest that dental equipment procurement under this code code may occur sporadically and often through non-competitive processes driven by specific departmental technical requirements rather than open bidding cycles.