Sacramento, Calif.— The California Dental Association and several individual dentists filed a formal demand for arbitration with Delta Dental of California to challenge Delta’s unilateral decision to revise two significant provisions to its provider agreements.
Cleveland—A gut microbe described in research published Aug. 14 as “an opportunistic commensal anaerobe in the oral cavity implicated in various forms of periodontal diseases” and prevalent in extraoral infections has been linked in recent studies to colorectal cancer (CRC), the second-leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States and second most occurring cancer worldwide. But whether this is an indirect or causal link remains unclear.
In June, the ADA Board of Trustees selected 12 participants for the 2013-2014 Institute for Diversity in Leadership, now in its 11th year.
