FDA said it "never" inspected dental lab that made controversial AGGA device
Johns Dental Laboratories stopped making the Anterior Growth Guidance Appliance last year after a KFF Health News-CBS News investigation into allegations of patient harm.
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Johns Dental Laboratories stopped making the Anterior Growth Guidance Appliance last year after a KFF Health News-CBS News investigation into allegations of patient harm.
A dental device was sold to fix patients' jaws, but some claim it wrecked their teeth. An investigation by CBS News and Kaiser Health News found a dental device allegedly left a trail of mangled mouths and devastated patients. Anna Werner reports.
In the wake of a joint investigation by CBS News and KHN into a dental appliance that multiple lawsuits allege cause 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. Anna Werner reports.
Patients report irreparable harm by an unregulated dental device. An investigation by CBS News and Kaiser Health News found the device that allegedly left a trail of mangled mouths has not been reviewed by the FDA. Anna Werner reports.
There is an update on an exclusive CBS News-KFF Health News investigation into a dental device. Numerous patients allegedly damaged their mouths, with some even losing their teeth. CBS News consumer investigative correspondent Anna Werner reports federal prosecutors have now launched a criminal investigation into the device, called the Anterior Growth Guidance Appliance, or "AGGA."