How and when to refer patients course for Dental Practitioners
This session will describe the process of referring a patient and will cover the various conditions and treatments that require referral.
Learning objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- explain the role of the consultant
- describe the referral process
- describe the limitations of the referral process
- list the factors that make a referral urgent
- explain the rapid access referral process
Patients requiring specialist dental care that cannot be provided within the general dental practice setting need to be referred to an appropriate specialist practice, the community dental service, or a hospital unit.
Before commencing this session you should:
- have basic experience of dental practice
Nicholas Goodger qualified from London University in 1985 in dentistry and 1994 in medicine. He is a consultant in oral and maxillofacial surgery at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital and is also co-medical director of the Kent and Medway Cancer Network.
His main interest is in head and neck malignancy, both oral cavity and skin cancer.
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