Table 1 Nature of referrals to teaching hospital and district general hospital.

From: Up to 7% of referrals to oral and maxillofacial surgery are related to medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaws: how much is really out there?

Nature of referral

Teaching hospital (TH)

District general hospital (DGH)

Number

% frequency

Number

% frequency

Hard tissue

557

38

298

46

Soft tissue

115

8

117

18

TMD

664

45

175

27

Oral medicine

89

6

33

5

Salivary gland

24

2

18

3

Miscellaneous

15

1

4

1

TMD and hard tissue

0

0

4

1

Total

1465

 

649

 
  1. The numbers in bold are referral type in highest proportion from each site.
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