Can I have a tooth extracted during my period?

Of course, you cannot have your teeth extracted during menstruation. This is a problem that all women need to pay attention to, because extracting teeth during menstruation will not affect the bleeding of the wound. At the same time, extracting teeth at this time is more likely to cause some infection problems, causing a lot of trouble.

1. Can I have a tooth extracted during menstruation? Or can I have surgery? In order to have the diseased tooth extracted as soon as possible, some women hide the fact that they have their menstruation from the doctor or ignore the doctor's advice and insist on having a tooth extracted during menstruation. Doing so will often result in excessive bleeding after tooth extraction, which can easily lead to infection and cause unnecessary trouble and pain.

2. Because women's platelet count will change significantly during menstruation. It often decreases on the first day of menstruation and does not return 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 be detrimental to healing.

3. 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.