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Bur, Dental

Adverse-event figures are drawn from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) MAUDE database, refreshed March 2026, see our methodology.

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openFDA event book Bur, Dental LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#867 of 1000 · 504 reports · 1993–2026

  • BOOK 504 reports
  • RANK #867 of 1000
  • DEATH 0 death-typed
  • INJ 142 injury-typed
  • MALF 343 malfunction
  • SPAN 1993–2026
  • PEAK 2025: 56
  • PHOTO Stylet, Tracheal Tube

Nearest event-volume peer: Stylet, Tracheal Tube (0 report gap)

Bur, Dental sits #867 of 1000 among tracked device types with 504 MAUDE reports spanning 1993–2026. Rank counts report volume, not confirmed device fault. Event_type Death / Injury / Malfunction are one code per report — not the same population as patient-outcome rows ( methodology). Read with this device → · Lead manufacturer → · Similar-volume device →

Event-type mix vs corpus

Shares of FDA event_type codes on this device type, compared with the mean across 1,000 device types that have ≥100 MAUDE reports. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.

  • DEATH 0.0% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.5 pp)
  • INJ 28.2% corpus 30.4% · below corpus mean (-2.3 pp)
  • MALF 68.1% corpus 64.5% · above corpus mean (+3.5 pp)

Lead product-problem code Break is 54% of coded problems · Lead manufacturer STRYKER INSTRUMENTS KALAMAZOO accounts for 44% of manufacturer-tagged reports · Top event location is 52% of location-tagged rows .

Bur, Dental in the event-volume neighbourhood

FDA MAUDE report totals among this device type and nearest nationwide peers

reports

What this shows Bur, Dental carries 504 MAUDE reports, ranked #867 of 1000.

Source FDA MAUDE via openFDA, aggregated by PlainHospital As of August 2026

Event Types

Malfunction 343 (68.1%)
Injury 142 (28.2%)
15 (3.0%)
Other 4 (0.8%)

Patient Outcomes

FDA patient-outcome codes (separate from event_type). Percentages use this chart's row total.

337 (65.2%)
Required Intervention 85 (16.4%)
Other 62 (12.0%)
Disability 9 (1.7%)
R 8 (1.5%)
Hospitalization 8 (1.5%)
O 4 (0.8%)
Death 3 (0.6%)
S 1 (0.2%)

Top Product Problems

Break 108
Detachment of Device or Device Component 24
Fracture 15
Adverse Event Without Identified Device or Use Problem 9
Material Separation 9
Material Fragmentation 6
Detachment Of Device Component 5
Insufficient Information 3
Use of Device Problem 3
Vibration 3
Device Dislodged or Dislocated 2
Entrapment of Device 2
Material Integrity Problem 2
Packaging Problem 2
Appropriate Term/Code Not Available 1
Device Fell 1
Device Markings/Labelling Problem 1
Device Slipped 1
Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method 1
Inadequacy of Device Shape and/or Size 1

Yearly Trend

93
1993: 2
94
1994: 4
95
1995: 5
96
1996: 15
97
1997: 42
98
1998: 34
99
1999: 10
00
2000: 3
01
2001: 4
02
2002: 4
03
2003: 2
04
2004: 1
05
2005: 6
06
2006: 29
07
2007: 5
08
2008: 32
09
2009: 53
10
2010: 7
11
2011: 8
12
2012: 3
13
2013: 12
14
2014: 6
15
2015: 7
16
2016: 18
17
2017: 19
18
2018: 15
19
2019: 17
20
2020: 7
21
2021: 21
22
2022: 19
23
2023: 9
24
2024: 25
25
2025: 56
26
2026: 4

Related Entities for Bur, Dental

Top Manufacturers

STRYKER INSTRUMENTS KALAMAZOO 44
STRYKER INSTRUMENTS-KALAMAZOO 41
STRYKER INSTRUMENTS-A DIVISION OF STRYKER CORP 15

Event Locations

261 (51.8%)
I 85 (16.9%)
HOSPITAL 63 (12.5%)
OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FACILITY 40 (7.9%)
OTHER 35 (6.9%)
NO INFORMATION 8 (1.6%)
INVALID DATA 5 (1.0%)
UNKNOWN 4 (0.8%)
OUTPATIENT DIAGNOSTIC FACILITY 2 (0.4%)
AMBULATORY SURGICAL FACILITY 1 (0.2%)

Compare STRYKER INSTRUMENTS KALAMAZOO vs STRYKER INSTRUMENTS-KALAMAZOO →

Nationwide devices with similar MAUDE profiles

Two openFDA-derived peer sets for Bur, Dental, both floored at ≥100 reports so the neighborhoods stay in the advertised mass.

Similar report volume

Nearest other device types by FDA MAUDE report count (504 here).

Stylet, Tracheal Tube 504 Cutter, Wire 505 Electrode, Cutaneous 505 Total 505

Similar death-typed counts

Nearest other device types by death-typed report count (0 here), distinct from the volume row.

Aberrometer, Ophthalmic 0 Accessories, Arthroscopic 0 Accessories, Cleaning Brushes, For Endoscope 0 Accessories, Implant, Dental, Endosseous 0

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Disclaimer: MAUDE figures for Bur, Dental are informational only and are not clinical advice. Report codes do not prove device causation. Consult a qualified clinician before acting on this data.

Every figure on PlainHospital is rendered directly from federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Event-type mix on this page is computed from FDA MAUDE codes for Bur, Dental; corpus means use device types with ≥100 reports. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.