Sir, I was pleased to read the article Introducing the FATLIPS acronym for assessing the red flag clinical features of dental infection.1 As a DCT in oral and maxillofacial surgery I am familiar with assessing patients who present to A&E with dental infections and regularly receive referrals from GDPs for suspected infections. I believe this acronym is readily applicable for GDPs as it is based on assessments that don't require tests that are likely to be unavailable in practice. Even with the increased frequency of phone triaging and patients emailing in photographs of suspected swellings, GDPs should be able to successfully work through this aptly coined acronym, identifying those that require management in secondary care and those that don't. Furthermore, this acronym provides not only a useful tool by which a referring GDP can assess patients, but can also provide a framework to facilitate communication between the referring practitioner and accepting on call DCT. This will ensure only appropriate referrals are accepted and avoid patients attending hospital unnecessarily, which is particularly pertinent in the current COVID-19 climate. Upon reading this article I promptly shared it with my other DCT colleagues and it made for an interesting talking point.