How to find dentists who refer out implants and extractions
Read each general dentist's own website. A practice that doesn't list implants, extractions or wisdom teeth on its services pages is sending those cases somewhere, and a page that says they refer to a specialist confirms it. Rank those offices first, then check the team page for new associates and the reviews for patients sent to a surgeon.
Where the signal is
General dentists tell you what they do in-house on their own websites, mostly on the services pages and in the site navigation. What they don't list matters as much as what they do.
| What you see | What it usually means | Priority |
|---|---|---|
| No implants, extractions or wisdom teeth anywhere on the site | Those cases go to a specialist | Call first |
| "We refer to a trusted oral surgeon" or similar | They refer out, and may already have a surgeon | Call first; ask who they use today |
| Implants listed, no wisdom teeth or bone grafting | Routine implants in-house, complex cases out | Middle |
| Full implant and surgery pages, an in-house surgeon | They keep surgery in-house | Lower |
| Practice belongs to a dental group | The group may route cases to its own specialists | Lower |
| A new associate on the team page | Someone new who hasn't picked a specialist yet | Raise |
Check one practice in five minutes
- Open the services menu
Look for implants, extractions, wisdom teeth, bone grafting and oral surgery as named services.
- Search the site for the words
Use your browser's find on the services and FAQ pages. "Refer" and "specialist" are worth a search too.
- Read the team page
Note the owner, any associates who joined recently, and whether an oral surgeon is on staff.
- Skim recent reviews
Patients often mention being sent to a surgeon for wisdom teeth or an implant.
- Write down who to ask for
The owner dentist and the office manager, with the office's direct line.
Five minutes a practice is fine for ten offices. For a whole radius, it is days of work.
How Leadaura does it for your whole radius
A run pulls every general dentist inside your radius and reads each practice's own website for your specialty's procedures: implants, tooth extractions, wisdom teeth removal, bone grafting and oral surgery for oral surgeons. A page that only says the office refers to a specialist is not counted as in-house work.
Each office then gets the owner and, when we find them, the office manager, a checked email, a direct line, its recent reviews and any new dentists, and lands in a ranked list with the reason it ranked where it did. Periodontists, endodontists, prosthodontists and orthodontists get the same check for their own procedures; see all specialties.
Questions
Is a website enough to know what a practice does?
It is the best public signal, not a guarantee. Some offices list services they rarely perform and some do work they don't advertise, so use the ranking to decide who to call, then ask.
What if the website can't be read?
Leadaura marks the office as unknown instead of guessing, and keeps it on your list.
Does this work for periodontists and endodontists?
Yes. Each specialty has its own procedure list, such as gum grafts and periodontal surgery for periodontists or root canals for endodontists.
How current is the information?
Every run reads the websites the day you run it, and each row shows the date it was checked.