UNSPSC 42152609: Dental grooved pins

In this classification, this commodity indicates a device that allows for the creation of an item, grooved at regular intervals, and designed for insertion into a drilled hole to reinforce and anchor the restorative material to a patient's tooth. Most nations, for tariff and trade purposes, schedule these products under HS 901819.

UNSPSC 42152609 Dental grooved pins (Commodity) shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a consumable dental component—grooved pins used in restorative and orthodontic procedures—yet the single recent opportunity posted under this code involves acquisition of iTero Lumina intraoral scanners, advanced 3D imaging devices that fall outside the scope of pins or small consumable hardware. State and local issuing bodies do source dental supplies and equipment, but this particular code appears to reflect either a data-entry mismatch or a procurement office's broad application of the taxonomy to equipment not strictly within the commodity's definition. The opportunity itself—Valencia College's School of Allied Health, Dental Hygiene Department's sole-source procurement for four iTero Lumina Scanners from Align Technology, Inc.—represents institutional educational equipment investment rather than routine dental consumable purchasing.

Activity under this code is too sparse to support a reliable market assessment. The single available record, a Florida-based college RFP closed November 27, 2025, does not establish a pattern of state or local demand for grooved pins or indicate which jurisdiction types (state departments, county health agencies, school districts, or public health clinics) regularly bid this commodity. No geographic spread or issuing-body concentration is evident from available data. Firms evaluating pursuit under this code should verify with their target procurement offices whether grooved pins are actively solicited under 42152609 or whether the code is used inconsistently for unrelated dental equipment and supplies.