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Handpiece, Contra- And Right-Angle Attachment, 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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FDA Class I (lowest regulatory risk tier, general controls), regulated under 21 CFR §872.4200 (Dental panel).

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openFDA event book Handpiece LIGHT-BOOK · MAUDE

#439 of 1000 · 2,629 reports · 1994–2026

  • BOOK 2,629 reports
  • RANK #439 of 1000
  • DEATH 0 death-typed
  • INJ 758 injury-typed
  • MALF 1,860 malfunction
  • SPAN 1994–2026
  • PEAK 2017: 316
  • PHOTO Device, Anti-Snoring

Nearest event-volume peer: Device, Anti-Snoring (1 report gap)

Handpiece, Contra- And Right-Angle Attachment, Dental sits #439 of 1000 among tracked device types with 2,629 MAUDE reports spanning 1994–2026. 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 → · Similar-volume device →

Malfunction reports run above the device-type norm

Handpiece carries 70.7% MALFUNCTION-coded reports, 5.9pp above the 1,000-device-type mean, the widest gap of its three event codes. Codes are report labels, not adjudicated causation.

  • DEATH 0.0% corpus 1.5% · below corpus mean (-1.5 pp)
  • INJ 28.8% corpus 30.3% · below corpus mean (-1.5 pp)
  • MALF 70.7% corpus 64.8% · above corpus mean (+5.9 pp)

Lead product-problem code Overheating of Device is 48% of coded problems · Top event location I is 53% of location-tagged rows .

Handpiece in the event-volume neighbourhood

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

reports

What this shows Handpiece, Contra- And Right-Angle Attachment, Dental carries 2,629 MAUDE reports, ranked #439 of 1000.

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

Event Types

Malfunction 1,860 (70.7%)
Injury 758 (28.8%)
9 (0.3%)
Other 2 (0.1%)

Patient Outcomes

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

1,769 (66.9%)
Other 822 (31.1%)
Required Intervention 22 (0.8%)
R 8 (0.3%)
Hospitalization 7 (0.3%)
O 6 (0.2%)
Disability 3 (0.1%)
L 2 (0.1%)
S 2 (0.1%)
Congenital Anomaly 2 (0.1%)
H 1 (0.0%)

Top Product Problems

Overheating of Device 1,549
Detachment of Device or Device Component 599
Temperature Problem 219
Mechanical Problem 198
Detachment Of Device Component 115
Dent in Material 80
Device Handling Problem 60
Incorrect Measurement 57
Insufficient Device Problem Information 49
Output Problem 45
Therapeutic or Diagnostic Output Failure 43
Physical Resistance/Sticking 38
Defective Device 35
Loose or Intermittent Connection 30
Component Falling 23
Thermal Decomposition of Device 23
Failure To Service 22
Break 21
Device Operates Differently Than Expected 20
Improper or Incorrect Procedure or Method 16

Yearly Trend

94
1994: 1
95
1995: 1
03
2003: 4
04
2004: 11
07
2007: 2
08
2008: 14
09
2009: 45
10
2010: 74
11
2011: 2
12
2012: 3
13
2013: 2
14
2014: 38
15
2015: 166
16
2016: 299
17
2017: 316
18
2018: 230
19
2019: 219
20
2020: 191
21
2021: 294
22
2022: 279
23
2023: 115
24
2024: 81
25
2025: 83
26
2026: 159

Reports in 2025 (83) held close to the prior two-year average of 98.

Related Entities for Handpiece, Contra- And Right-Angle Attachment, Dental

Event Locations

I 1,403 (53.4%)
780 (29.7%)
OTHER 256 (9.7%)
OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FACILITY 173 (6.6%)
NO INFORMATION 11 (0.4%)
HOSPITAL 4 (0.2%)
OUTPATIENT DIAGNOSTIC FACILITY 2 (0.1%)

Nationwide devices with a comparable report-volume footprint

Handpiece carries zero death-typed MAUDE reports, so the peer set below compares report volume only; both axes are floored at ≥100 reports so the neighborhood stays in the advertised mass.

Similar report volume

Nearest other device types by FDA MAUDE report count (2,629 here).

Device, Anti-Snoring 2,628 Prosthesis 2,621 Cerclage, Fixation 2,614 Staple, Fixation, Bone 2,647

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 Handpiece 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 Handpiece; 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.