IRIS - High Strength Glass Ceramic is a system of precrystallized and/or fully crystallized zirconia reinforced lithium silicate glass ceramics and veneering ceramics processed through CAD-CAM techniques for the fabrication of: Single unit dental restorations, for example all-ceramic crowns, inlays, onlays and veneers. IRIS can be used as a substructure which is then veneered with IRIS veneering ceramic or can be used for full-contour application (without veneering) as well.
Device Story
IRIS is a system of zirconia-reinforced lithium silicate glass ceramic materials used for dental restorations. The system includes fully crystallized (IRIS Flex) and partially crystallized (IRIS CAD) CAD/CAM blanks, plus optional veneering ceramics. Blanks are machined via CAD/CAM techniques; partially crystallized blanks undergo crystallization firing post-machining. Restorations are placed by dental professionals as single-unit crowns, inlays, onlays, or veneers. The device functions as a structural ceramic substructure or full-contour restoration. Benefits include aesthetic characterization and mechanical stability for dental prosthetics. Clinical use occurs in dental offices/labs.
Clinical Evidence
No clinical data. Substantial equivalence supported by bench testing including physical property measurements (flexural strength, solubility), simulated life testing (thermal cycling, mechanical loading), and biocompatibility testing (cytotoxicity, intracutaneous reactivity, systemic toxicity, genotoxicity) per ISO 10993-1.
Technological Characteristics
Zirconia-reinforced lithium silicate glass ceramic and feldspathic veneering ceramics. ISO 6872 classified (Type II, Class 1-3). Flexural strength >300 MPa (post-glaze). CAD/CAM compatible. Biocompatible per ISO 10993-1. No software or electronic components.
Indications for Use
Indicated for fabrication of single-unit dental restorations including all-ceramic crowns, inlays, onlays, and veneers in patients requiring dental prosthetics. Can be used as substructure for veneering or as full-contour restorations.
Regulatory Classification
Identification
Porcelain powder for clinical use is a device consisting of a mixture of kaolin, felspar, quartz, or other substances intended for use in the production of artificial teeth in fixed or removable dentures, of jacket crowns, facings, and veneers. The device is used in prosthetic dentistry by heating the powder mixture to a high temperature in an oven to produce a hard prosthesis with a glass-like finish.
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# SECTION 5. 510(k) SUMMARY For IRIS
#### Submitter Information: 1.
DENTSPLY International Susquehanna Commerce Center 221 West Philadelphia Street York, PA 17405
Helen Lewis Contact Person: 717-849-4229 Telephone Number: 717-849-4343 Fax Number:
November 20, 2012 Date Prepared:
- 2. Device Name:
- IRIS High Strength Glass Ceramic Proprietary Name: .
- Porcelain powder for clinical use Classification Name: 21CFR 872.6660
- CFR Number: .
- Device Class: II
- . Product Code: EIH .
- Predicate Device: 3.
IPS e.max CAD (Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc.) - K051705
- Description of Device: 4.
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IRIS - High Strength Glass Ceramic is a system of glass ceramic dental materials INTO - Trigh on ongin orced lithium silicate chemistries and feldspathic veneering ceramics and accessories optimized to be compatible with IRIS glass ceramics. The system consists of:
- IRIS Flex: High Strength Glass Ceramic (HSGC) CAD CAM blanks A. provided in the fully crystallized state, for machining and subsequent placement.
- IRIS CAD: High Strength Glass Ceramic (HSGC) CAD CAM blanks B. provided in the partially crystallized state, for machining, crystallization firing, and subsequent placement.
- Veneering ceramics provided in powder/paste forms and are intended for C. optional esthetic characterization of the CAD CAM restorations.
IRIS materials may be veneered with a compatible dental veneering ceramic or can be used as anatomically shaped full-contour restorations without veneering.
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#### Indications for Use: 5.
IRIS is a system of precrystallized and/or fully crystallized zirconia reinforced lithium INIS is a system of processed through Ceramics processed through CAD-CAM techniques for the fabrication of:
- Single unit dental restorations, for example all-ceramic crowns, inlays, onlays and o veneers.
IRIS can be used as a substructure which is then veneered with compatible veneering ceramic or can be used for full-contour application (without veneering) as well.
#### Description of Safety and Substantial Equivalence: 6.
# Technological Characteristics.
IRIS is system of glass ceramic materials based on zirconia-reinforced lithium silicate INIS is system or gass corains and feldspathic veneering ceramics and accessories which are optimized to be compatible with IRIS glass ceramics. The and useessories which a system and their ISO classifications and usages are outlined below.
| | | Table 5.1: IRIS System Components. ISO classifications and Clinical Usage. | | |
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| IRIS Component | ISO 6872<br>Classification | Clinical Usage |
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| A: IRIS Flex: Fully<br>crystallized Blank | Type II, Class 2 | Adhesively cemented, aesthetic or substructure<br>ceramic for single-unit anterior or posterior<br>prostheses. |
| B: IRIS CAD: Partially<br>Crystallized Blank | Type II, Class 3 | Aesthetic-ceramic: adhesively or non-adhesively<br>cemented, single-unit, anterior or posterior<br>prostheses |
| C: IRIS Veneering<br>Ceramic | Type II, Class 1 | Aesthetic ceramic for coverage of a metal or a<br>ceramic substructure. |
The flexural strength of IRIS Flex materials can be raised to >300 MPa through an optional glaze firing process.
The chemical composition and technological characteristics of the IRIS - High Strength Glass Ceramic are similar to those of the predicate device.
# Non-Clinical Performance Data.
## Physical Properties
Measurements of the physical characteristics showed that the IRIS – High Strength Glass Ceramic materials have mechanical (flexural strength) and chemical stability (solubility) comparable to the predicate device, and meet ISO 6872 criteria for the designated indications. Simulated life testing (thermal cycling, mechanical loading) verified the long-term stability of the IRIS - High Strength Glass Ceramic in comparison with the predicate device.
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#### Toxicological Testing
Testing according to ISO 10993-1:2009 (Biological evaluation of medical devices – Par1 I esting according to 150 10775 1:2007 (Dioroginent process) was completed to 1. Evanianon and Testing "Minn IRIS - High Strength Glass Ceramic materials with characterize the blocompations, intracutaneous reactivity/irritation, systemic toxicity, and genotoxicity. Results of the testing conducted in accordance support the biocompatibility of the IRIS - High Strength Glass Ceramic.
### Clinical Performance Data.
Not applicable. No human clinical testing was conducted to support the substantial equivalence of the IRIS - High Strength Glass Ceramic.
# Conclusion Regarding Substantial Equivalence
The IRIS – High Strength Glass Ceramics have the same intended use, similar indications The the same fundamental technological characteristics as the predicate device. and the same "randamenta" conducted with reference to applicable standards as well as in remornation to the predicate device. Toxicological testing verified the biocompatibility of the IRIS - High Strength Glass Ceramic. The results of the design, intended use, and the fitter figh brongarisons as well as the results of the comparative performance testing and biocompatibility testing support the substantial equivalence of the IRIS -High Strength Glass Ceramic.
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Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Document Control Center - WO66-G609 Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002
## February 22, 2013
Ms. Helen Lewis Director, Corporate Regulatory Affairs DENTSPLY International, Incorporated 21 West Philadelphia Street, Suite 60W YORK PA 17405
Re: K123615
Trade/Device Name: IRIS - High Strength Glass Ceramic Regulation Number: 21 CFR 872.6660 Regulation Name: Porcelain Powder for Clinical Use Regulatory Class: II Product Code: EIH Dated: November 20, 2012 Received: November 29, 2012
Dear Ms. Lewis:
We have reviewed your Section 510(k) premarket notification of intent to market the device referenced above and have determined the device is substantially equivalent (for the indications for use stated in the enclosure) to legally marketed predicate devices marketed in interstate commerce prior to May 28, 1976, the enactment date of the Medical Device Amendments, or to devices that have been reclassified in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (Act) that do not require approval of a premarket approval application (PMA). You may, therefore, market the device, subject to the general controls provisions of the Act. The general controls provisions of the Act include requirements for annual registration, listing of devices, good manufacturing practice, labeling, and prohibitions against misbranding and adulteration. Please note: CDRH does not evaluate information related to contract liability warranties. We remind you; however, that device labeling must be truthful and not misleading.
If your device is classified (see above) into either class II (Special Controls) or class III (PMA), it may be subject to additional controls. Existing major regulations affecting your device can be found in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Parts 800 to 898. In addition, FDA may publish further announcements concerning your device in the Federal Register.
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Please be advised that FDA's issuance of a substantial equivalence determination does not mean that FDA has made a determination that your device complies with other requirements of the Act or any Federal statutes and regulations administered by other Federal agencies. You must comply with all the Act's requirements, including, but not limited to: registration and listing (21 CFR Part 807); labeling (21 CFR Part 801); medical device reporting (reporting of medical devicerelated adverse events) (21 CFR 803); good manufacturing practice requirements as set forth in the quality systems (QS) regulation (21 CFR Part 820); and if applicable, the electronic product radiation control provisions (Sections 531-542 of the Act); 21 CFR 1000-1050.
If you desire specific advice for your device on our labeling regulation (21 CFR Part 801), please go to http://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/CDRH/CDRHOffices/ucm115809.htm for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health's (CDRH's) Office of Compliance. Also, please note the regulation entitled, "Misbranding by reference to premarket notification" (21CFR Part 807.97). For questions regarding the reporting of adverse events under the MDR regulation (21 CFR Part 803), please go to
http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Safety/ReportaProblem/default.htm for the CDRH's Office of Surveillance and Biometrics/Division of Postmarket Surveillance.
You may obtain other general information on your responsibilities under the Act from the Division of Small Manufacturers, International and Consumer Assistance at its toll-free number (800) 638-2041 or (301) 796-7100 or at its Internet address http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Resourcesfor You/Industry/default.htm.
Sincerely yours,
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Anthony D. Watson, B.S., M.S., M.B.A. Director Division of Anesthesiology, General Hospital, Respiratory, Infection Control and Dental Devices Office of Device Evaluation Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Enclosure
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# SECTION 4. INDICATIONS FOR USE STATEMENT
123612
510(k) Number (if known):
Device Name: IRIS - High Strength Glass Ceramic
# Indications for Use:
IRIS - High Strength Glass Ceramic is a system of precrystallized and/or fully crystallized IRIS - High Strength Glass Ceramics and veneering ceramics processed through
zirconia reinforced lithium silicate glass ceramics and veneering ceramics processed through
out CAD-CAM techniques for the fabrication of:
- Single unit dental restorations, for example all-ceramic crowns, inlays, onlays and . veneers.
veneurs as a substructure which is then veneered with IRIS veneering ceramic or can be used for full-contour application (without veneering) as well.
Prescription Use X (Part 21 CFR 801 Subpart D) AND/OR
Over-The-Counter Use (21 CFR 801 Subpart C)
(PLEASE DO NOT WRITE BELOW THIS LINE—CONTINUE ON ANOTHER PAGE IF NEEDED)
Concurrence of CDRH, Office of Device Evaluation (ODE)
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