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# Device Performance Criteria for 4 Dental Devices
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/device-performance-criteria-for-4-dental-devices/
- Published: 2024-09-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T14:42:45.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5157881

*Federal Register* notice: FDA is making available four final device-specific guidance documents for the Safety and Performance Based Pathway. They address performance criteria of air-powered dental handpieces and air motors, dental ceramics, dental impression materials, and dental cements. Under the pathway, a new device could come to market without FDA reviewing data from direct comparison testing between it and a predicate device if the new device meets the level of performance of an appropriate predicate device. To view the notice, click [here](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-30/pdf/2024-22309.pdf?ref=fdaweb.com).