Premium
Referral pattern of patients with oral mucosal lesions in The Netherlands
Author(s) -
Jovanovic Andreas,
Schulten Engelbert A.J.M.,
Waal Isaäc
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1992.tb00685.x
Subject(s) - medicine , referral , oral and maxillofacial pathology , oral surgery , oral and maxillofacial surgery , oral medicine , oral surgeon , oral mucosa , dentistry , oral health , disease , general surgery , dermatology , family medicine , pathology
Abstract The referral pattern of 140 Dutch patients with oral mucosal lesions, who had been referred to a Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Oral Pathology, shows that patients with oral mucosal lesions consult the dentist as often as the family doctor as the first source of help or information. Furthermore, family doctors were much more used to refer patients with oral mucosal disease to medical specialists rather than to the dentist or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon.