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Scope

Standardization of dental instruments used in the dental office and in the dental laboratory for dental purposes. This includes but is not limited to the following:

  • rotary instruments
  • handpieces and motors
  • scaler handpieces and tips
  • hand-held manual instruments
  • endodontic instruments
  • implant instruments
  • syringes, cartridges and needles

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    Sustainable Development Goals

    This committee contributes with 86 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

    3
    Good Health and Well-being
    12
    Responsible Consumption and Production
    79

    Published ISO standards *

    12

    ISO standards under development *

    22
    Participating members
    12
    Observing members

    * number includes updates

    Reference Title Type
    ISO/TC 106/SC 4/Ad hoc group   Reprocessing of dental devices Working group
    ISO/TC 106/SC 4/WG 1   Rotary instruments Working group
    ISO/TC 106/SC 4/WG 7   Dental Handpieces Working group
    ISO/TC 106/SC 4/WG 8   Dental hand instruments Working group
    ISO/TC 106/SC 4/WG 9   Endodontic instruments Working group
    ISO/TC 106/SC 4/WG 13   Implant instruments Working group
    ISO/TC 106/SC 4/WG 14   Materials for dental instruments Working group
    Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 106/SC 4

    The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 106/SC 4:

    Reference Title ISO/IEC
    ISO/TC 76 Transfusion, infusion and injection, and blood processing equipment for medical and pharmaceutical use ISO
    ISO/TC 106/SC 3 Terminology ISO
    ISO/TC 198 Sterilization of health care products ISO

     

    Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 106/SC 4

    ISO/TC 106/SC 4 can access the documents of the committees below:

    Reference Title ISO/IEC
    ISO/TC 76 Transfusion, infusion and injection, and blood processing equipment for medical and pharmaceutical use ISO
    ISO/TC 145/SC 3 Graphical symbols for use on equipment ISO
    ISO/TC 170 Surgical instruments ISO
    ISO/TC 198 Sterilization of health care products ISO

     

    Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
    Acronym Title Category
    FDI World Dental Federation (FDI) A
    WHO World Health Organization A

    ISO/TC 106/SC 4 - Secretariat

    DIN (Germany)

    DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V.
    Am DIN-Platz, Burggrafenstraße 6
    D-10787 Berlin
    Germany

    Tel: +49 30 2601-0
    Fax: +49 30 26 01 12 31
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    2. Taking part
    3. Who develops standards
    4. Technical Committees
    5. ISO/TC 106
    6. SC 4