# K120776: Abutment for Competitive Implant Nobel Active Connection

- Pathway: 510(k) (Special)
- Applicant: Biomet 3i
- Decided: Sep 11, 2012 after 181 days
- Product code: NHA (Abutment, Implant, Dental, Endosseous)
- Device class: 2
- Regulation: 21 CFR 872.3630
- Recalls of this device: none
- Data: FDA decisions to Oct 25, 2026; recalls to Oct 12, 2026

## Lineage
Longest line of descent: 8 generations back to K894595 (1990). 28 ancestors in all.
No later device cites it as a predicate yet.
0 of 29 devices in its family (counting itself) have a Class I recall.

## Predicates on the family tree (from the FDA summary)
- K112730: Abutment for Competitive Implant Straumann Bone Level Connection, Biomet 3i (2012) Summary page 1.
- K071370: Nobelactive Internal Connection Implant, Nobel Biocare AB (2007) Summary page 1.

## Indications for use
BIOMET 3i Dental Abutments are intended for use as accessories to endosseous dental implants to support a prosthetic device in a partially or completely edentulous patient. A dental abutment is intended for use to support single and multiple tooth prosthesis, in the mandible or maxilla. The prosthesis can be screw retained or cement retained to the abutment.

Source page: https://510kreport.com/device/K120776
Methodology: https://510kreport.com/methodology