[ evaluation on patterns and causes of referring patients to oral diseases and diagnosis department of Mashhad dental faculty from September to December 2000]

ABSTRACT

Background and aim: successful treatment and health could be achieved by on time referring and rapid and accurate diagnosis. It sound necessary to study the reasons underlying patients7 delay in their referral to specialists. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to determine the main reasons of patients' attendance, sources and causes of their referral to oral medical center of Mashhad Dental Faculty