inforMED
InjuryEMA

RELYX ULTIMATE ADHESIVE RESIN CEMENT

Received Aug 6, 2015

Report 9611385-2015-00006 · MDR key 4995015

Device

Generic name

Dental Cement

Catalog number

56890

Product problems

  • Patient-Device Incompatibility

Patient

Not reported

  • Increased Sensitivity

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

ON (B)(6) 2013, A DENTIST REPORTED THAT SOME OF HIS PTS HAD NEED FOR ENDODONTIC TREATMENT. THESE PTS HAD DENTAL RESTORATIONS MADE FROM 3M ESPE LAVA ULTIMATE CAD/CAM RESTORATIVE FOR E4D, WHICH WERE SEATED WITH 3M ESPE RELX ULTIMATE CEMENT AND 3M ESPE SCOTCHBOND UNIVERSAL ADHESIVE. THE REPORTING DENTIST INDICATED THAT APPROX 240 OF HIS PTS EXPERIENCED SENSITIVITY. THE DENTIST WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A NUMBER FOR THOSE REQUIRING ENDODONTIC TREATMENT BECAUSE THE EVENTS OCCURRED OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL YEARS (2011 TO 2015).

Description of Event or Problem

ON (B)(6) 2013, A DENTIST REPORTED THAT SOME OF HIS PTS HAD NEED FOR ENDODONTIC TREATMENT. THESE PTS HAD DENTAL RESTORATIONS MADE FROM 3M ESPE LAVA ULTIMATE CAD/CAM RESTORATIVE FOR E4D, WHICH WERE SEATED WITH 3M ESPE RELX ULTIMATE CEMENT AND 3M ESPE SCOTCHBOND UNIVERSAL ADHESIVE. THE REPORTING DENTIST INDICATED THAT APPROX 240 OF HIS PTS EXPERIENCED SENSITIVITY. THE DENTIST WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A NUMBER FOR THOSE REQUIRING ENDODONTIC TREATMENT BECAUSE THE EVENTS OCCURRED OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL YEARS (2011 TO 2015). SINCE THIS EVENT INVOLVED THREE MEDICAL DEVICES, THREE MFR REPORTS ARE BEING SUBMITTED. THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE FIRST DEVICE. MFR REPORT NUMBERS (B)(4) AND (B)(4), DESCRIBE THE SECOND AND THIRD DEVICE, RESPECTFULLY.