Refer a Patient

What we accept referrals for

Our specialists handle dental implants and All-on-4, oral and maxillofacial surgery including wisdom teeth and extractions, endodontics (root canals and retreatment), periodontics and gum surgery, and IV sedation. If your patient needs specialist care you do not provide in-house, we are a single referral for several disciplines.

How to refer

The fastest way is to call (713) 322-7474 with the patient's name, contact details, and the reason for referral. Our front desk will tell you where to send any relevant X-rays, CBCT imaging, and clinical notes, and we will coordinate scheduling directly with your patient.

What to expect

We communicate throughout. You receive our findings and treatment plan, and once the specialist work is complete we return the patient to you for their routine and restorative care. We are here to support your practice, not to take your patients.

Why dentists refer to us

Every procedure is performed by a specialist, and several specialties practice under one roof, so a complex case is coordinated in one place. We use 3D CBCT planning and a CAD/CAM lab, offer sedation, and have Spanish-speaking staff every day.

What to send with the referral

Send whatever you already have. The most useful package is a recent periapical or panoramic image, any CBCT volume you have taken, your clinical note or a short summary of the problem, and the patient's medical history with a current medication list. Anticoagulants, bisphosphonates and other antiresorptives, immunosuppressants, and any history of head or neck radiation all change surgical planning, so please flag them. It also helps to tell us what you want out of the visit. Evaluate and treat leads to a different conversation than extract 17 and 32, patient returns to me for restorative in the spring. If you have already discussed a restorative plan with the patient, sending it keeps everyone aligned and stops them hearing two versions of their own treatment. If your imaging is dated or the file is large, our front desk will point you to the easiest way to get it over. Call (713) 322-7474.

How a referral is handled once it reaches us

When a referral comes in, our front desk contacts the patient directly to schedule, and we let you know if we cannot reach them. Cases involving swelling, infection, or trauma are worked in as quickly as we can, and we hold time every weekday for urgent care. At the consultation your patient is seen by the specialist who will actually perform the treatment, not by a coordinator. We take our own imaging if what we have is not adequate, confirm the diagnosis, and present the plan and the cost in writing. If our findings differ from the referring diagnosis, you hear it from us before your patient does. Treatment is scheduled from there, with sedation arranged when the case or the patient calls for it. Spanish-speaking staff are on site every day, which removes a common scheduling obstacle for practices in and around Midtown.

What you get back, and when

After the consultation you receive a written report with our findings, the diagnosis, and the plan we presented, along with copies of any imaging we took. After surgery you receive an operative note describing what was done, any materials placed such as graft or membrane, and the post-operative instructions your patient went home with. For cases handing back to you, we include the specific detail you need to act on: how long to wait before restoring, what components are in place, whether the tooth is ready for a final crown, or when it is safe to resume routine hygiene on a treated site. If something turns up in your chair afterward, call and you will reach one of our specialists rather than a message queue. We would rather answer a question the same day than have you working around uncertainty.

Anxious patients and complex medical histories

Some referrals are less about the difficulty of the tooth and more about the person in the chair. If a patient cannot get through treatment in your office because of anxiety, a strong gag reflex, or special needs, our oral surgeons are trained and credentialed to provide IV sedation on site, so the case does not have to be split between an office and a surgical center. Medically complex patients are welcome as well. Send the medical history, the current medication list, and the name of the treating physician, and we will obtain clearance where it is needed rather than pushing that task back to you. Patients on anticoagulants, patients with a history of antiresorptive therapy, and patients with a transplant or cardiac history all get planned for specifically. If something in the history makes us want to change the approach, we will call you and talk it through before treatment day.

Implant cases: you restore, or we do

On implant referrals, you choose the split. Many dentists send a patient for surgical placement only and restore the case themselves. We plan the implant position from a CBCT scan with the final restoration in mind, place it, provide the components you need, and return the patient to you with the timing for taking the impression or scan. Other practices would rather we handle the restoration as well, particularly on full-arch and All-on-4 cases where the surgical and prosthetic sides are difficult to separate. Our in-house CAD/CAM lab covers that work. Either way, the routine and preventive care stays yours. Tell us which arrangement you want at the time of referral and it goes in the chart, so nobody has to guess later. If a case needs grafting or an extraction first, you will hear that from us before your patient does.

Ready to talk it through?

The fastest way to a clear answer is a consultation. Call (713) 322-7474 or book online.