FDA Investigates Dental Device Following Patient Harm Report

The FDA has begun investigating the Anterior Growth Guidance Appliance (AGGA), a dental device that has been the subject of multiple lawsuits alleging patient harm. The device has been fitted on more than 10,000 dental patients, according to court records, but has not been registered with the FDA. The agency is now looking into the product after a joint investigation by KHN and CBS News. The Las Vegas Institute, which previously taught dentists to use the AGGA, now trains dentists to use another device it has described as "almost exactly the same appliance."