Session outcomes — Clinical referral & assessment (summary)
What you should be able to do
- Refer appropriately to the student extraction clinic.
- Identify complicating factors that may make an extraction unsuitable for student clinic or higher-risk.
Key decisions (scan table)
| Step | What you check | What you do with it |
|---|
| Confirm suitability | Patient meets extraction clinic criteria | Proceed with booking/management in student clinic |
| Screen complexity | Medical, behavioural, positioning, tooth-related factors | Escalate/seek tutor input or refer out if outside scope |
| Risk awareness | Factors that increase difficulty/complications | Plan approach, time, supervision level, and consent |
Common “complicating factors” to screen quickly
- Patient factors: limited chair positioning, poor tolerance of sights/sounds, behavioural risks
- Medical factors: anticoagulants (esp. warfarin/dual therapy), anti-resorptives, immunosuppression, prior head/neck RT, sedation need, AB cover need
- Tooth factors: ankylosis signs (obliterated PDL), hypercementosis, severe dilaceration, brittle crown (heavily restored/caries), multi-root complexity