News briefs A G-20 finance meeting communique is unlikely again amid war Tribune News Service · Apr 13, 2023
Feds launch criminal investigation into ‘AGGA’ dental device and its inventor Federal prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into the Anterior Growth Guidance Appliance, or “AGGA” dental device, following a recent KFF Health News-CBS News investigation, according to a motion filed in federal court. Tribune News Service · Apr 12, 2023
This Dental Device Was Sold to Patients To Fix Their Jaws — Now, Their Smiles Are Warped Boja Kragulj, an accomplished clarinetist who once performed with orchestras in New York, Philadelphia, and Jacksonville, Florida, has already lost four teeth. Inverse · Apr 3, 2023
FDA evaluates ‘safety concerns’ over dental devices featured in KHN-CBS investigation In the wake of a KHN-CBS News investigation, the FDA on Thursday said it is “evaluating safety concerns” over the use of a dental appliance that multiple lawsuits allege caused grievous harm to patients. Tribune News Service · Mar 31, 2023
FDA looks into dental device after investigation of patient harm 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. Tribune News Service · Mar 16, 2023
This dental device was sold to fix patients’ jaws. Lawsuits claim it wrecked their teeth 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. Tribune News Service · Mar 5, 2023