Dental Auscultation

Has anyone been auscultated at the dentist? How was that, and why was it performed?

I've not come across any instances of dental patients being subject to auscultation, perhaps it could be included in a fantasy scenario.

Never have at the dentist, but might be interesting as fetish fantasy (as such, I would prefer to be auscultated by an orthodontist, though...).

This post has been dead for a while 😢 We auscultate at the office I work at, to ensure the patient is healthy enough for sedation.

Many years ago I was auscultated at the Dentist prior to a tooth extraction under gas. Think it was the norm then, if you were to have gas, it was only done a couple of times a week when there was a Doctor present to administer it. Its an odd feeling stood nby the Dentist chair with your shirt pulled right up being examined in front of the Doctor, Dentist & Dental nurse.

Probably a very wise precaution to see if you were fit enough to undergo the anaesthesia.

I've had my blood pressure taken manually before sedation, but never been anything else with a stethoscope in a dental setting.

Never had it , but gosh it sounds good

You could legitimately auscultate the temporomandibular joints. They have special stethoscopes for that which have TWO diaphragm/chestpieces (for left and right joints) and separate eartubes so you actually listen to the two joints simultaneously in stereo

You can diagnose the presence of clicks, crepitus, symmetry of clicks and discoordination of the condyle-meniscus complex.

Maybe I wouldn't hate going to the dentist as much if this was the norm!

Haha. They should offer it as an incentive

This is commonly done pre-op for oral surgeries, to ensure the patient is healthy enough for anesthesia. I’ve had this done and seen it done.

Prior to having my wisdom teeth removed, I was auscultated while sitting in the dental chair.

Yes I have a good female dentist that auscultare my heart when she check me. I think this is not usual But she have much attention for heart healthy