Can I have a tooth extracted and filled during menstruation?

Tooth filling is a treatment that many people with dental problems will undergo. By extracting teeth and filling them, the patient's teeth can be kept intact, thereby ensuring normal chewing function and oral health. However, tooth extraction also requires a certain timing. So for women who are menstruating, can they have their teeth extracted and filled? The following will provide a detailed answer to this question!

1. Do not extract teeth before menstruation ends

Many female friends have encountered the situation where they had to have a tooth extracted during their menstrual period. Doctors generally do not recommend having a tooth extracted during menstruation. If a female friend has a tooth extracted during her menstrual period, it will be very harmful to her. So everyone needs to understand when is the most appropriate time to extract a tooth so that they can find the best time to extract a tooth. It is generally recommended to wait about ten days after the menstruation is over before extracting the tooth. Therefore, you cannot have a tooth extracted before your menstruation is over.

2. The harm of tooth extraction before menstruation

The hazards of tooth extraction during menstruation are as follows: Harm 1. When women are menstruating, their blood coagulation function will be worse than usual. Therefore, if teeth are extracted during menstruation, bleeding may occur easily. The second hazard is that menstruation is a special period for female friends. At this time, female friends' disease resistance is generally low. If teeth are extracted at this time, it is easy to cause inflammation, which is not conducive to oral health. The third hazard is that tooth extraction during menstruation can easily lead to dry socket, which causes the affected area to heal slowly and is not good for health.

3. The best time for women to extract teeth

In order to have the diseased teeth removed as quickly as possible, some women hide the fact that they are menstruating from their doctors or ignore the doctors' advice and insist on having their teeth removed during their menstruation. Doing so will often result in excessive bleeding after tooth extraction, which can easily lead to infection and cause unnecessary trouble and pain.

This is because women's platelet count changes significantly during menstruation, often decreasing on the first day of menstruation and not returning to the original number until the third or fourth day. In addition, during menstruation, the human endometrium can release more tissue activating substances, which can activate the plasminogen in the blood into plasmin with anticoagulant effects, increasing the body's bleeding tendency. Therefore, tooth extraction (or surgery) during menstruation may cause heavy bleeding, easily lead to wound infection, and hinder healing.

Unless there are special circumstances, women should avoid tooth extraction (or surgery) during the menstrual period. The best time for women to have a tooth extraction (or surgery) is about 5 to 10 days after menstruation (i.e. the period between two menstrual periods). This is not only safe and has less bleeding, but is also less susceptible to infection and has fewer other complications, which is conducive to early wound healing.