listening music while on dentist chair

Headphones sound incredible under general anesthetics.

My dentist always asks me if I would like to listen to music and the one and only time I did, he kept on wanting to have a conversation while he was working. I wondered why he even bothered asking in the first place...

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Originally Posted by Rip N' Burn 

My dentist always asks me if I would like to listen to music and the one and only time I did, he kept on wanting to have a conversation while he was working. I wondered why he even bothered asking in the first place...

uh, your dentist wants you to talk while he's working inside your mouth? isn't that a bad idea? the only questions MY dentists asks me is "how's it going", "how's your flossing coming along", and "how many times a day do you brush?" :(

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Originally Posted by GuruTech 

i have a strange question to ask. I read on some other health forum, someone was saying that he listen to music while dentist is operating him. but yesterday when i was in severe pain and dentist was operating me for Root canal treatment, i could not even imagine to listen to music. 

Do you think this is a good idea? :o

This idea is not as bad as a dentist with his Denon D2000 listening to black metal while he's working on your root canal.
 

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Originally Posted by ironmine 

This idea is not as bad as a dentist with his Denon D2000 listening to black metal while he's working on your root canal.

No no no. IEMs. That way he doesn't have to hear the screams.

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Originally Posted by Head Injury 

No no no. IEMs. That way he doesn't have to hear the screams.

Let it be IEMs. As long as the music is misanthropical and the songs are about the beauty and futility of human suffering...

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Originally Posted by Aflac 

uh, your dentist wants you to talk while he's working inside your mouth? isn't that a bad idea? the only questions MY dentists asks me is "how's it going", "how's your flossing coming along", and "how many times a day do you brush?" :(

All I do is acknowledge him with a grunt while he's talking and working. He's fine with that I think. He's just a very sociable person.
 

Thats an interesting option for those who visit a dentist who is not friendly enough 

When the person claimed they listened to music, I can't imagine that it was with using headphones. Most dentists have music piped into their offices, usually tuned to a local radio station, as mine does. Listening can be somewhat difficult though with the noise from drills, cleaning tools, etc.

True story - this past December I was at the dentist getting some cavities filled. I obviously couldn't talk with all the crap and whatnot in my mouth. My dentist and her assistant were unusually chatty, talking about everything from softball games to how to cook cauliflower. Since it was December, Christmas music was playing over the radio. The song Christmas Wrapping started playing and they began discussing who sang it. Their consensus was that it was The Go-Go's. I immediately protested with an "Uh uh" since I knew it was The Waitresses, which I told them once they were finished working on me.  

I never thought to use IEMs while at the dentist. Of course, I have an unusually hot dental assistant who flirts with me when my dentist leaves the room. Wouldn't want to miss it.

That reminds me, I should schedule a check up. 

LOL, I don't know about using IEM's, as the sounds of grinding, drilling, etc. will be magnified in the head if you stuff your ears with IEM's.  Ever try to brush your teeth with an electric toothbrush while wearing IEM's, particularly customs? 

-Ed

I think having IEM's or headphones on would make me feel less comfortable to be honest. Already got enough going on in my head at that  point.

Speaking of dentists and music, I just got a new dentist, she is stunning and she has a Muse calendar on the wall... I guess I'm  going to have to change that for her . Will have to strike up a music convo next time I'm in- she might treat me better then