Dentists Turn To Using A Pulse Oximeter To Monitor Patients During Procedures

Dentists have long ignored the importance of monitoring the vital signs of patients while they are actually in the dental operating room

. The reason for this is that they have always thought that the monitoring of the pulse rate and oxygen levels is something that should be reserved for the physicians who actually would use that data in order to determine if there is something wrong with the health of a particular patient. However, there are individuals of all sorts of ages and health conditions that actually go in the dentist's room for anything ranging from routine dental work to more complex procedures. There have been many occasions where these individuals have suffered either a cardiac attack or some sort of respiratory condition while in the dentist chair and the dentists really had no way of actually knowing that this was going to happen. Well, today dentists turn to the use of a pulse oximeter to help.

A pulse oximeter is a health device that is used to measure pulse rate and blood oxygen saturation with accuracy and ease. The way the device works is that you simply place your finger inside the pulse oximeter device and within seconds you get a reading of the pulse rate and oxygen levels. The dentist can simply have the patient sit in the chair and begin his usual procedure. At the same time he can have the patient place her finger inside the pulse oximeter and during the entire course of the process if anything becomes unusual with the pulse rate or oxygen levels of the individual then an alarm will begin to sound which in turn alerts the dentist that something is not normal and special attention needs to be given. The device is very small and really does not get in the way of the person using it and is very portable and cost effective as well.

by: Jacob Walters

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