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Standardization in oral health care including:

  • terms and definitions;
  • performance, safety, and specification requirements of dental products; and
  • clinically relevant laboratory test methods, all of which contribute to improved global health.

ISO/TC 106

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Sustainable Development Goals

This committee contributes with 5 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

3
Good Health and Well-being
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
201

Published ISO standards *

of which 2 under the direct responsibility of ISO/TC 106

56

ISO standards under development *

of which 3 under the direct responsibility of ISO/TC 106

30
Participating members
19
Observing members

* number includes updates

Reference Title Type
ISO/TC 106/SC 1 Filling and restorative materials Subcommittee
ISO/TC 106/SC 2 Prosthodontic materials Subcommittee
ISO/TC 106/SC 3 Terminology Subcommittee
ISO/TC 106/SC 4 Dental instruments Subcommittee
ISO/TC 106/SC 6 Dental equipment Subcommittee
ISO/TC 106/SC 7 Oral care products Subcommittee
ISO/TC 106/SC 8 Dental implants Subcommittee
ISO/TC 106/SC 9 Dental CAD/CAM systems Subcommittee
ISO/TC 106/AHG 3   Sustainability and climate change when developing ISO/TC 106 documents Working group
ISO/TC 106/AHG 4   Forensics in Odontology Working group
ISO/TC 106/CAG   Chair's Advisory Group Working group
ISO/TC 106/WG 10   Biological evaluation Working group
ISO/TC 106/WG 12   Dental implant surgical guide Working group
ISO/TC 106/WG 13   Dentistry — Artificial intelligence (AI) based 2D X-ray analysis — Data generation, data annotation and data processing Working group
ISO/TC 106/WG 14   Dentistry - Interlaboratory testing procedures Working group
Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 106

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

Reference Title ISO/IEC
IEC/TC 62 Medical equipment, software, and systems IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 Artificial intelligence ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 150 Implants for surgery ISO
ISO/TC 150/SC 7 Tissue-engineered medical products ISO
ISO/TC 156 Corrosion of metals and alloys ISO
ISO/TC 194 Biological and clinical evaluation of medical devices ISO
ISO/TC 210 Quality management and corresponding general aspects for products with a health purpose including medical devices ISO
ISO/TC 215 Health informatics ISO
ISO/TC 217 Cosmetics ISO
ISO/TC 304 Healthcare organization management ISO

 

Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 106

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

Reference Title ISO/IEC
IEC/TC 62 Medical equipment, software, and systems IEC
ISO/TC 150 Implants for surgery ISO
ISO/TC 150/SC 7 Tissue-engineered medical products ISO
ISO/TC 159/SC 1 General ergonomics principles ISO
ISO/TC 159/SC 3 Anthropometry and biomechanics ISO
ISO/TC 170 Surgical instruments ISO
ISO/TC 194 Biological and clinical evaluation of medical devices ISO
ISO/TC 210 Quality management and corresponding general aspects for products with a health purpose including medical devices ISO
ISO/TC 215 Health informatics ISO
ISO/TC 217 Cosmetics ISO
ISO/TC 304 Healthcare organization management ISO

 

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
Acronym Title Category
EC - European Commission European Commission A
FDI World Dental Federation (FDI) A
FIDE Federation of the European Dental Industry A
IADR International Association for Dental Research A
IDM International Dental Manufacturing A
WHO World Health Organization A
WCO World Customs Organization B

Date Month Location TC/SC Note
14-19 September 2025 Magokjungang-ro (Korea, Republic of) ISO/TC 106  

* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional

ISO/TC 106 - Secretariat

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Canadian Dental Association
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Ottawa K1G 3Y6
Canada

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