UNSPSC 42152015: Dental shade scanners

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that scans and records the different shades of each tooth in a dental setting. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901839.

UNSPSC 42152015 Dental shade scanners is a Commodity code, but the recent state and local opportunities tagged under it reflect divergent procurement activity across diagnostic imaging and radiation equipment maintenance rather than dental shade-scanning technology per se. State and local governments are acquiring panoramic X-ray systems (VATECH PAX-I, ProMax S2), intraoral digital scanners (iTero Lumina), maintenance services for proprietary X-ray inspection equipment (Rapiscan systems), and preventative maintenance for radiation-generating equipment. The issuing bodies include state health departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, California Department of Homeland Security), county aviation and public health agencies (Broward County Aviation, Cuyahoga County), education institutions (Valencia College, Klein Independent School District), and specialized regional transit or diagnostic facilities. Texas has seen the most recent activity, with two separate VATECH PAX-I procurements from the Health and Human Services Commission in June 2026, and California has solicited for panoramic imaging and wireless communication equipment. The code shows minimal actual dental shade-scanner procurement; the opportunities represent medical diagnostic imaging acquisitions rather than dental color-matching devices.

Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017400 for a VATECH PAX-I panoramic X-ray system with assurance sensors for Rusk State Hospital, with bids due June 22, 2026, at a historical comparable spend of $54,277.95, and the Broward County Aviation Department's RFI BLD2132311F1 for maintenance services on Rapiscan 600, 900, VOTI XR3D, and Gemini X-ray inspection systems, responses due July 28, 2026, seeking to determine whether sole-source maintenance is justified or competing service providers exist. Valencia College's procurement of four iTero Lumina Scanners from Align Technology, Inc. for $143,196.00 reflects the sole-source pattern common in specialized dental and diagnostic imaging. The code shows activity concentrated in health system and educational institution procurement of diagnostic imaging capital equipment and maintenance, not dental shade-scanning consumables or accessories as the code name suggests.