Referrals
• Proper referrals should not be considered an
admission of incompetence but a realization that
the child’s need may be best handled elsewhere.
• 80% of children are excellent patients.
• There may be some instances when you may want
to refer a child to a Pediatric DDS
• Your comfort level working with children
• Very young children (<2 yrs with rampant caries needing
hospitalization)
• Developmental disturbances affecting the oral cavity
• Medically compromised children
• Congenitally and Developmentally handicapped conditions
• Severe management problem patients