CDA is essentially FAGGA with a different wire type. Depending on your case the treatment might work. What is your nasolabial angle? 

Posted by: Abdulrahman

CDA is essentially FAGGA with a different wire type. Depending on your case the treatment might work. What is your nasolabial angle? 

Acute. Not super acute though. Exact number not available. How would I measure this and how does this relate to device choice?

Posted by: EddieMoney

Acute. Not super acute though. Exact number not available. How would I measure this and how does this relate to device choice?

See the illustration below, it's angle #2. The one on the right is near 90° angle which is ideal. The one on the left is a wide angle, which sounds like what you have. Hence, your high vertical growth indicator score (50mm) confirms this.  

A wide nasolabial angle is usually indicative of a recessed alveolar ridge. FAGGA stimulates the palatine nerve to promote forward growth in that area. I have seen many cases where the nasolabial angle reduced to something more esthetic after FAGGA. 

Some patients that start off with a normal nasolabial angle still achieve growth but their angle becomes too narrow and unesthetic; example Rony Ead after resuming his treatment. This is because FAGGA, which is primarily a tool for growing the alveolar ridge, is being used to compensate for skeletal decencies.

This is my own interpretation of what's happening. Sadly doctors do not go into enough details about their protocols. 

If you want to see a best case scenario of how FAGGA can affect a patient scroll to near the bottom of this topic where the tracings start.

http://www.aljabri.com/blog/case-analysis-recessed-versus-forward-faces/

Abdulrahman is right.  Unless your maxillatry teeth are strongly Ved... Your issue may be the lower jaw itself.  I've never heard of anythibg besides surgery for that.  But we are not doctors.  A class 3 bite is crazy hard to deter... even in little kids.  Many orthos recommend jaw surgery in phase 1.  Some get away without it with reverse pull facemask & various techniques, but it is hard.  There is a genetic factor so get your little ones in early if class 3!!

To be honest, I haven't heard of any health complications from it.  You probably have to just own it.  Marry someone with an overbite.  LOL

I doubt there is a genetic component. I have had forward head posture and rest my tongue on my mandible for most of my life. 

Actually @abdulrahman my angle is closer to the girl on tje right. My upper lip doesn't fall back. My profile looks similar to this guy here in the upper lip. My chin is more pointed though

That means most likely you have recession in the skeletal portion of your maxilla as most class 3 cases do. FAGGA can reduce this problem but indirectly by growing the alveolar ridge forward. That will protrude the upper lip excessively as it did with Ronny.

His doctor is using FAGGA to treat his own case of class 3, but it's really hard to tel whats going on with the smile.

Posted by: Abdulrahman

That means most likely you have recession in the skeletal portion of your maxilla as most class 3 cases do. FAGGA can reduce this problem but indirectly by growing the alveolar ridge forward. That will protrude the upper lip excessively as it did with Ronny.

His doctor is using FAGGA to treat his own case of class 3, but it's really hard to tel whats going on with the smile.

I disagree.  The mandible likely needs surgery to move back.  The nasolabial angle means his maxilla is forward enough.  Chop that mandible back.  Could also leave as is.  What harm is there to health?!?!  Not aware of any.  Probably full of energy.