# K102517: Tiger 500 Series High Speed Handpieces and Attachments

- Pathway: 510(k) (Traditional)
- Applicant: Thunder Tiger Corp.
- Decided: Apr 27, 2011 after 237 days
- Product code: EFB (Handpiece, Air-Powered, Dental)
- Device class: 1
- Regulation: 21 CFR 872.4200
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 4 generations back to K935676 (1995). 11 ancestors in all.
13 later devices descend from it; 2 cite it directly.
0 of 25 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K062812: Dental Air-Powered Handpiece, Models Tiger 300T, 300K, 300W, 300B and 300N, Thunder Tiger Corp. (2006) Summary page 1.
- K073478: Supertorque High-Speed Handpieces and Gentlepower Handpieces and Attachements, Sybron Dental Specialties, Inc. (2008) Summary page 1.
- K863677: Tradition High Speed Handpiece, Midwest (1986) Summary page 1.
- K003518: Rapidd Highspeed Dental Handpiece, Dentsply Intl. (2001) Summary page 1.

## Most influential descendants
- K152146: High Speed Handpieces and Accessories (2015), 8 descendants of its own
- K170229: Dental High-speed Turbine Handpiece (2017), 4 descendants of its own
- K113655: TI-Max X Turbine (2012), 3 descendants of its own
- K181691: High-speed air turbine handpiece / Low-speed air turbine handpiece (2020), 2 descendants of its own
- K131319: T1/T2/T3 Turbine Family (2014), 2 descendants of its own

## Indications for use
Tiger 500 Series High Speed Handpieces and Attachments are intended for removing carious material, reducing hard tooth structure, cavity preparation, finishing tooth preparations and restorations and polishing teeth.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K102517
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology