In the wake of a joint investigation by Kaiser Health News and CBS News into a dental appliance that multiple lawsuits allege caused grievous harm to patients, the Food and Drug Administration has begun looking into the product, the anterior growth guidance appliance, according to a former agency official.
Lawsuits allege grievous harm to patients' teeth. The FDA's interest in the AGGA dental device follows a KHN-CBS News investigation, according to a former agency official.
In the wake of a joint investigation by KHN and CBS News into a dental appliance that multiple lawsuits allege caused grievous harm to patients, the FDA has begun looking into the product, the Anterior Growth Guidance Appliance, or AGGA, according to a former agency official.
Boja Kragulj, an accomplished clarinetist who once performed with orchestras in New York, Philadelphia and Jacksonville, Florida, has already lost four teeth. And she expects to lose at least a dozen more.