Dundee Dental Hospital Specialist Services: Orthodontics - Making a Referral

Catchment Area

DDH&RS 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 expenses.

Referral Process

Please refer using SCI Gateway.

 

Information Required

Essential information needed for all 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)
Clinical information required:	A history of the problem precipitating referral Indicate caries risk and oral hygiene Indicate the provisional diagnosis e.g. IOTN Indicate any ongoing treatment
Details of the clinician making the referral for correspondence