Block Versions Used by Dental Offices often referred to as chairside milling: Lava Ultimate Restorative for…
Medical device recall Z-2052-2015. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jul 15, 2015.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jul 15, 2015. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 1.8 million (US 1,017,834) how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
3M is initiating a Field Correction to remove the crown indication from all Lava Ultimate products. These products will continue to be indicated for onlays, inlays and veneers.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Block Versions Used by Dental Offices often referred to as chairside milling: Lava Ultimate Restorative for CEREC, Compatible with Sirona mill 2912x, 2914x, 3312x, 3314x. Lava Ultimate Restorative for E4D Compatible with E4D mills, same mandrel format as Planmill 3112x, 3114x, 4012x, 4014x. Lava Ultimate for Straumann milling centers 1334x. Lava Ultimate CAD/CAM Restorative for TS150, Compatible with TS150 (IOS Technologies), Glidewell Laboratories, 2614x. Lava Ultimate Restorative with Blue Mandrel, Pedestal Mandrel, compatible with Carestream CS 3000, Roland DWX-50, Roland DWX-4, 1314x, 2012x, 2110x. Lava Ultimate Restorative for Planmill, Compatible with Planmill mills, same mandrel format as E4D, 4212x, 4214x, 4312x, 4414x, 5072x, 5074x. Lava Ultimate Restorative for Ceramill, Compatible with Ceramill mills manufactured by Amann Girrbach, 4514x, 4714x, 5044x. Frame/Blank Version Used by Dental Laboratories: Lava Ultimate Implant Crown Restorative, Compatible with Lava Milling Equipment (Lava blocks bonded into frames. These are also known as blanks.), 69140-69149, 69150-69159, 69160-69163.
1.8 million (US 1,017,834), in FDA’s words.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
All products in the Lava Ultimate product family.
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
Worldwide Distribution - US: Nationwide and the countries of: Australia, India, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Canada, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland, Turkey, China Hong Kong, Taiwan, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Egypt, Morocco, South Africa, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, UK and Ireland.
These words name no state.
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
The words say it went outside the United States too.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Jun 15, 2015.
- FDA classified it on Jul 8, 2015.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jul 15, 2015.
- FDA terminated it on Apr 26, 2016.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- 3M Company - Health Care Business, of Saint Paul, MN.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
FDA, Device recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Device recall enforcement reports.
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