Referral for dental care
Follow up after silver diamine fluoride
Tips for Dental Referral
- Try to provide a few options for patients but not a long list
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- Key information: age of patients accepted, insurance accepted, urgent access options
- Communicate with your dental referral partners, especially for urgent referrals
- Avoid predicting specific dental treatments that patients may be recommended
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- Counsel patients to consider asking dental teams what might happen if recommended treatment is not completed
- Medical-dental integration options
- Uni or bi-directional scheduling opportunities
- Combined back to back or integrated co-located appointments
- Warm hand-off to community dental partner
