Scottish Dental Reference Service Team
Published on 03 August 2026
Katie Matthews is the Scottish Dental Reference Service Manager, with a team of 5 staff and 3 dentists. Katie manages the delivery of patient appointment sessions across Scotland where we carry out our role of assessing dental clinical verification.
These clinical sessions are carried out by 3 Dental Reference Officers who provide a short 15 minute assessment on randomly selected and invited patients. SDRS staff also provide the administrative support to this service which includes giving practitioners the opportunity to attend their patient’s session and providing the assessment outcome to the practitioner as a written report.
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If you have any queries, call the SDRS on 0345 034 2458 (calls charged at local rate).