Why does my pediatric dentist check my heart and blood pressure at every meeting?

Good health..: I assume you are talking about your child unless you are still seeing a pediatric dentist at 43 years of age. Blood pressure is a way to screen for other aspects of a patient's health that may be related to dental health that are often overlooked. More people see a dentist that a physician. If you dentist isn't taking your blood pressure at every appointment, they should be.

Good doctor: As one of health providing professions, dentist is responsible to check patient's medical history. Anesthetic solution and surgical dental procedure can be related to the heart and blood pressure condition.

Checking vital signs: Generally dentists are not trained to listen to patients' hearts (a clinical skill known as 'auscultation') during routine dental visits. Your dentist is probably having a nurse or medical assistant record your vital signs (specifically your pulse and blood pressure) to make sure you have no medical conditions which could cause complications from your dental treatment.