Drill, Dental, Intraoral
FDA adverse event reports and recall history for drill, dental, intraoral (product code DZA), from the public MAUDE/AEMS corpus and the live FDA recall database.
- Total reports
- 599
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 97
- Malfunctions
- 476
Reports per year
Source: FDA adverse event reports by year received, 2012–2026. Reporting paused during the 2026 MAUDE-to-AEMS transition and has since resumed.
Recent recalls
- 2025-05-28Open, ClassifiedUnder Investigation by firm
Plus Initial Drill, Article Number: 103.170;
The referred batch was produced without the laser engraving of 7 mm.
- 2009-09-01TerminatedMixed-up of materials/components
ACT3020 Advanced Cutting technology (ACT) Twist Drill 3.0mm(D) X 20mm(L). BIOMET 3i 455 Riverside Drive, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 USA. Made in Switzerland. Twist drill for preparation of osteotomy during dental implant surgical drilling procedure.
Some of the packages of ACT3020, drills may actually contain an ACT3220 drill.
- TerminatedUnder Investigation by firm
THREAD RETRIEVAL DRILL REF 2224
Zimmer Biomet is conducting a medical device field correction for various dental products due to several parts being shipped to the customer with only standard IFUs. All the products were missing supplemental IFUs.
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