Have high blood pressure? Tell your dentist about it

A few years ago, Mearlin Griffin was at her dentist’s office, all set to have a tooth extracted.”I was sitting in the chair and before they numbed me up they took my blood pressure,” she recalled. “I was shocked that it was high. Too high.”She felt fine, but accepted her periodontist’s recommendation that she get her blood pressure resolved before having the tooth pulled.Many people think dentists are only interested in teeth and gums. The idea of a dentist asking about blood pressure and medical history may surprise some…

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