Dundee Dental Hospital Specialist Services: Oral Surgery - Making a Referral

Catchment Area

DDH&S accepts referrals for patients residing in Tayside and North East Fife. Patients referred residing out with this area will be considered if the specialist service required is not available in their Health Board and there is agreement with the patient’s local Health Board to fund this treatment along with any patient expenses.

Referral Process

Please refer using SCI Gateway.

 

Radiographs

• Please provide a diagnostic radiograph if available e.g. OPG for third molars
• To send or request copies of radiographs email with the patient’s name, address and date of birth within the email: TAY.radiologyddh@nhs.scot
• Please note, failure to supply relevant radiographs may lead to disruption of clinical pathways
• If an attempt at extraction has already been made, please send a post-attempt radiograph of the remaining roots/tooth structure to TAY.radiologyddh@nhs.scot with the patient’s name, address and date of birth within the email.

 

Modality of Treatment (i.e. LA, IV or GA)

• Treatment modalities offered:
  
  • Local anaesthetic
  • Intravenous sedation
  • General anaesthetic
•  The treatment modality is determined based on:
  • The procedure
  • Medical history
  • Degree of patient anxiety.

We would be most appreciative if referring practitioners would refrain from promising any particular technique.

Your patient should be advised, in most cases, their first appointment will be for an assessment only and should not expect treatment.

For wisdom teeth referrals (without a radiograph) the patient will be asked to attend for an OPT and then an assessment, prior to treatment commencing.

 

Information Required

Essential information needed for all Oral Surgery referrals:

If this information is not supplied, the referral will be returned with a request for further information

Patient details:	Name Address Date of birth Contact telephone number
Social & medically relevant information:	Medical problems including allergies Medication taken Smoking history Additional needs (e.g. Translator required) Any physical disabilities
Clinical information required:	A history of the problem precipitating referral Indicate Clinical features relating to the referral Indicate the Provisional Diagnosis Indicate any Treatment carried out and its effect
Details of the clinician making the referral for correspondence, including a contact telephone number for the practice.