Have you ever been stethed by a dentist?

Have you ever been stethed by a dentist?

A dentist definitely never. I think he doesn't need to listen to the patient's heart.

Don't know - but when they sedate a patient do they do any kind of heart rate monitoring??? BTW, I think dentists are wannabe doctors!!!

Not steth, but they usually check my blood pressure before their start the cleaning/exam. I think as part of their record.

Sort of. He was an oral surgeon who was both an MD and a DDS. He did a very brief auscultation before taking out my wisdom teeth when I was 15.

BTW, I agree with Rigel on the wannabe status of dentists.

What in the world………

Really? I can’t ever imagine a dentist using a stethoscope on me, I never knew it was a thing!

Dental students learn to use one to take blood pressure (which can be effected by local anesthetics), but I've never ever seen one actually used in practice. Digital cuffs are actually used.

I have been stethed in the Dental surgery, not by the Dentist but by a Doctor who attended the surgery on certain days when extractions were taking place. This was many years ago in my youth and gas was used as an anesthetic, the Doctor present administered it with a mask having had my mouth propped open. Remember it well, but at least I felt no pain or pressure whilst tooth was being removed.

Not stethed per se, but the first time I had a wisdom tooth pulled (in my late teens, if I remember right) I was put to sleep w/a general anesthetic. The Anesthesiologist a man) put an IV in my arm, then taped a stethoscope to my chest. He then said “soon you should feel the effects of the IV.” Within a minute I was OUT. The stethoscope stayed on my chest the entire time.

Not stethed, but when I had my wisdom teeth removed I had IV sedation and was on a heart monitor, BP cuff, and oxygen.

Never have been stethed by a dentist. They were worried about my teeth and whatever procedure they are doing to them.

No.

That never happened.

No, and I seriously doubt this would ever happen with any dentist in England, however I don't consider it a daft question and here's why: when I had my wisdom teeth taken out I asked for a general anaesthetic for it as I was having all of them out at once and decided I'd rather know nothing about it until waking up, so I had to go to hospital. My experience as a kid was that the anaesthetist always used a stethoscope on a patient prior to the surgery, so I was kind of expecting the same thing as a grown up but it didn't happen (very disappointed!) For the surgery itself he was there to put me under along with the dental surgeon who did the procedure, and I always wondered if like in someone's example below the dental surgeon was also a doctor because I once knew someone who studied dentistry, did the job for a few years and then decided to re-train in medicine, so I know there are people out there like that. I read once that doctors are recommended to auscultate after anaesthetic. So put all that together and who knows, maybe I actually have had a dentist use a stethoscope on me but I've no memory of it because I was still under.

No, the only thing was feeling my pulse at my hand wrist because I’m scared of the dentist and dont like the procedure.

No, although one dentist I went to did blood pressure screenings.

Never stethed with, but my dentist has taken my blood pressure before. It was a bit high because I was nervous (I hate seeing the dentist). The only other time was being put under anesthesia for wisdom teeth surgery, the oral surgeons put a continuous blood pressure cuff on my arm and a heart monitor on my finger to watch my vitals.

I have not experienced this myself, but when a dentist wants to examine problems with the temporomandibular joint, he definitely uses a stethoscope for listening. However, then on the temporomandibular joint and not on the chest...

Nope, closest was anesthesia monitoring when I had my wisdom teeth out. If my current dentist sees a need to I'm not going to object.

It never happened me, but I know dentists learn to steth, because I have witnessed dental students getting instruction about it in a class at the University of Oslo. Some of the rooms in the building were occupied by the dental faculty.

I have not, but it is an interesting thought.

I was a DA(dental assistant) at the military and there was a time when our doctor used his smartwatch to check a patient's pulse.

Another time the doctor wanted to check a patient's blood pressure but we didn't have the device at our office.

I never had the idea dentists might have a stethoscope but thinking about the safety/health of a patient, it'd be important somehow. An interesting and tingly addition to their equipment and exams. I'd like to be stethed right before and after.

This has not happened to me. I never had severe issues with my teeth and I also don’t have any wisdom teeth. Lucky me, in a sense.

A few years back I had to change to a different dental practice and at my first routine appointment she felt all around my neck and jawline, she said she was feeling for any “ lumps & bumps” or anything unusual.

She then said she needed to assess my upper airway and check my breathing and proceeded to listen to my breath sounds.

Never been steth'ed by the dentist, but recently started some dental work with a new dentist and his hygienist always takes my blood pressure before he starts. Lucky my BP doesn't go up because I do find her very attractive. Always gives me a hug at the end of treatment. Never had that at the dentists before. Certainly not complaining. 😃

No, I have never been stethed by a dentist. I've never been troubled by that since dentists, while highly trained professionals, have not been trained (at least most of them) to interpret heart or breath sounds. I have had my blood pressure checked at dental offices and I think this is a wonderful idea since hypertension is a serious health problem which is undiagnosed and under treated and anytime you can alert people that they may have this serious health problem is a good thing.

@Pollux ACtually dentists are trained to do breath sounds and cardiac sounds, though cardiac sounds ,most are not that proficient in since they don't use the skill often.

Remember dentists can do sedation and anesthesia and in order to do that they need to have an ACLS card which requires the ability to do breath sounds at minimum. They also need to be able to use a cardiac monitor and start IVs etc etc.

If they give you an injection and you have an allergic reaction they need to be able to manage it.

Okay. My how things evolve.