I have never had a dentist take my blood pressure in my entire life. I've been seeing the current dentist for 12 years, and have seen several others before then. If BP gets slightly elevated when at the doctor's office, I can imagine what happens to it at the dentist's.
We talked her my wife's brother and, as far as he remembers, he's never had his BP taken at his dentist office. I sent the message yesterday to my wife's PCP about her blood pressure and dentist and we got a call today. Her doctor wants to see her before her Saturday AM appointment and evaluate the situation. Nine chances out of ten, he will put her on some kind of BP med/meds and inform the dentist that she is now taking a med/meds for her BP. Last night the crown fell out again. Guess the temporary glue the dentist used, was really "temporary". LOL Again, she put the crown in a baggy.
And now, another problem: Whenever she can, she wants to get a full cleaning done of her teeth. But, with the dentist telling her, after the x-rays were done, that she needs a few teeth pulled, don't know if he can do a full cleaning or not.
Dude, wait until he pulls her teeth and then get a discount on the cleaning. But seriously...has it been a while since she's been?
Yes, it's been over three years ago. Last time she had a full cleaning done was when we lived in Florida.
My dentist never takes BP ..but I know mine gos through the roof ….at the mere thought of going to a dentist Now I have to ask no more than half an hour treatment at a time
I was with her when she seen her PCP yesterday. First thing we notice was how very heavy the doctor's medical asst. was. Actually, I think there was/is a thread on SOF about medical staff being this way and how odd it looked. Anyway, before we left home, I took her BP with OMRON BP Set we have. When the medical asst. took it, it was the same, so that verified that our BP Set was working fine. Good! Then her doctor came in the exam room. He seen her labs, taken a few weeks ago. First thing he asked her, "how much exercise do you get? Do you walk at all?" She told him that we walked quite a bit last Sunday when we stopped by local lake/park to check out water level. Apparently, he thought she was fully retired and could walk in the mornings. Wife told him that she is still working. Guess, perhaps, he doesn't see anyone almost in their mid 70's, that is still working. I mentioned to him that we can't, and shouldn't, walk in the evenings with how hot it's been and continues to be. Then we told him that we have the Wii Game and will start playing that, sometimes, after she gets off of work. The Wii Game isn't exactly getting a whole lot of exercise, but playing it is better than not getting any. He is putting her on a daily BP medication and we will have to take her BP at home for a week or so and report the numbers to him. He didn't say, and we didn't ask, if he was going to contact the dentist to approve her crown replacement. Actually, he thought she was getting dental surgery, of which she isn't. Before she sees the dentist on Saturday, I will take her BP at home and HOPEFULLY everything will go ok at the dentist and she will get a new crown made and put in. If he can't do a full cleaning, that will have to wait. We can't afford any teeth to be pulled in either of us and I have one that will probably, sometime, need that.
So was her BP as high as it was in the dentist's office? It may be a blessing she happened in there and found out.
Probably most have BP elevation when they go to a d entist, unless t hey drug themselves with tranqualizers. A dentist needs to know t his and take BP again and maybe again. Thinking about the years of going to dentists, none ever took my BP.
A short update: Just before we left for our Wyoming trip, she had an appointment with the dentist for a Deep Cleaning. She had told me that it would take some time, so I dropped her off and went back home. In less than 1/2 hour after getting home, she called me to come and get her. She was told, again, her BP was too high. Then, after sitting for awhile, waiting for the BP to come down, they told her that they didn't have the equipment to do Deep Cleaning. Well, at least they done the cap that fell out. As far as her BP and not having the equipment to do the Deep Cleaning.............all we can do is wonder. So, now we have to set her up at another dentist and I have to go to the same one for a decayed bottom molar I have. Whenever I get pain in it, I use Anbesol Gel on it. Just a temporary fix, but it works.
I have never had my blood pressure taking at any dentist office. I have been going to the dentist regularly my whole life, even when I lived in different towns or states. When I had to have my wisdom teeth extracted, I did not have my blood pressure taken then neither.
Don't know the last time you were at a dentist, but, apparently now (2022) it's like a requirement that dentists take blood pressure before doing any kind of procedure. If the BP is too high the first check and then the second check, a patient will have to return for the procedure. Just read about this online.