Dentists Say Demand at No-Cost Clinic Shows Care Gap

More than 2,000 tooth extractions were performed at last weekend's two-day no-cost dental clinic at Cal Expo. California Dental Association officials and volunteers say the high number of extractions demonstrates the negative effects of the state's decisions in 2009 to cut adult Denti-Cal services and end school-based dental disease prevention programs.

• "Dentists Say Cal Expo Clinic Illustrates Care Gap" (Craft, Sacramento Bee, 8/30).