Post, Root Canal
FDA adverse event reports and recall history for post, root canal (product code ELR), from the public MAUDE corpus and the live FDA recall database.
- Total reports
- 131
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 69
- Malfunctions
- 60
Reports per year
Source: FDA adverse event reports by year received, 2011–2026. Reporting paused twice in 2026 during FDA reporting-system changes and has since resumed.
Recent recalls
- 2009-04-28TerminatedProcess control
Dentsply, MAILLEFER, CYTCO-K TITANIUM POST SYSTEM, dental implant components, Model numbers (SKU): C106KL0050A20 (12 posts) and C117K00000020 (4 posts), Swiss Made, Manufactured for DENTSPLY Maillefer, Johnson City, TN 37604
The product is manufactured with a left-hand thread instead of a right hand thread. This error could cause tooth breakage if the posts were removed without knowing that the threads were reversed.
- TerminatedProcess control
ParaPost Plus 25 Titanium Alloy Spiral Vented and Serrated Posts Catalog Number: P2845B Dental Posts are implanted into teeth for dental restoration purposes. The normal procedure requires a hole to be drilled into the tissue of a tooth with an intraoral drill prior to installation.
ParaPost Plus Titanium Posts contain stainless steel post that are a size 4
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