Dental Injuries
Dental on-call Cover for the Emergency Department
- Dental cover is separate from plastics and dental cover
- If the patient requires admission for a dental related problem the
dental SHO should be bleeped.
- A Dental SHO is on-call from home via switch. They are covered by
a dental consultant also on call from home. They will be happy to give
advice or come in to see the following:
- The dental SHOs should not be called for toothache.
- Registered Dental Patients
- Patients, who are registered with a dentist and have seen them
within the last 13 months, should contact their own Dentist.
- Their Dentist should see them within 24 hours if they are in
pain
- There is an emergency dental service run at CUH day from xxxxxxxxxxx.
There is no appointment system.
