UNSPSC 42151802: Dental material pluggers or tips

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that acts as a plugger or forming tip for the instruments that compact and shape material used in dental carie procedures. US FDA regulates Dental material pluggers or tips under 21 CFR 872.4565 and under FDA product code EKR. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901839.

UNSPSC 42151802 Dental material pluggers or tips is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement activity covers advanced digital diagnostic and imaging equipment for dental clinical and educational settings. The single recent opportunity on record—Valencia College's School of Allied Health, Dental Hygiene Department sole-source procurement for four iTero Lumina intraoral scanners from Align Technology, Inc.—signals that the code as tagged does not align with what is actually being bought. The iTero Lumina scanners are 3D intraoral imaging devices used for digital tooth and gum representation, not pluggers or tips in the traditional restorative sense. State and local procurement offices, particularly public higher-education institutions with dental and dental hygiene programs, appear to be the issuing bodies under this code.

The source identifies activity at a single Florida institution. Valencia College issued a sole-source RFQ (conducted under Florida Administrative Code 6A-14.0734(2)(a)(h) and Florida Statute 287.057) with a response date of November 27, 2025, for a total acquisition cost of $143,196.00. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual equipment being solicited—diagnostic imaging rather than filling or plugging materials—suggests that either the opportunity was tagged incorrectly or the code definition does not reflect current state and local dental procurement practice. No other recent opportunities appear in the source. Business development professionals should note that if dental material pluggers or tips represent actual market focus, this code shows little relevant recent activity; if diagnostic equipment and intraoral scanners are the target market, reclassification under an imaging or diagnostic equipment code would better capture intent.