UNSPSC 42152107: Dental waxing instruments

In this classification, this commodity indicates a product that applies wax to the materials used to create dental impressions, castings, models and investments. US FDA regulates Dental waxing instruments under 21 CFR 872.3060 and under FDA product code EIT. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901811.

UNSPSC 42152107 Dental waxing instruments is a Commodity code representing hand tools and small equipment used in dental laboratory and clinical procedures to shape, smooth, and finish dental restorations. State and local governments procure these instruments—including spatulas, carvers, pluggers, and applicators—primarily through school districts operating dental hygiene and dental assistant training programs, county and municipal health departments managing dental clinics, and state university systems supporting dental schools and continuing-education programs. Purchasing volumes tend to be modest, with orders typically bundled into broader dental supply contracts or laboratory equipment requests rather than solicited as standalone line items.

The source provides no recent state and local opportunities tagged to this code. Without posted RFP, RFQ, IFB, or ITB records, the current market activity and geographic concentration cannot be characterized. Buyers interested in pursuing dental waxing-instrument contracts should monitor school-district and public-health purchasing portals in regions with established dental education or public-health clinic networks—particularly states with large community-college dental-hygiene programs or state university dental schools—and track composite dental-supply and laboratory-equipment solicitations where these instruments commonly appear as subordinate line items rather than primary procurement drivers.