Dental treatment

You cannot give blood if you have a toothache or you need pain-killers for tooth/dental pain.

You cannot give blood if you have an infection in your teeth or gums or you have a dental abscess.

You can give blood if you had a tooth inspection with no treatment.

You can give blood if you had a dental impression only.

You can give blood if you had fitting or adjusting of a dental brace.

You can give blood 24 hours after a scale and polish.

You can give blood 24 hours after an uncomplicated filling if you have no pain, bleeding or infection.

You can give blood 7 days after a dental cap or crown.

You can give blood 2 weeks after treatment for a dental abcess if no further treatment is planned and you are fully recovered. You must be pain-free when you give blood. If you took antibiotics, you must also have finished the course at least one week before giving blood.

You can give blood 7 days after an uncomplicated extraction if the wound is fully healed and you have no pain, bleeding or infection. If the extraction was complicated, you will have to wait longer before you can give blood. If you had bleeding after the extraction you should wait until the bleeding has stopped. If you had an infection you cannot give blood for at least 2 weeks after the infection is fully resolved and at least 1 week after you finished the course of antibiotics.

Dental Implant / Bovine Bone Graft

If the implant / graft has a CE mark in Europe (such as Bio-Oss, Bio-Gide, NuOss) you can give blood but you must wait until 7 days after the procedure has been completed. Please bring a note from your dentist to the blood donor clinic stating the type of implant / graft that has been used.

Root Canal Treatment

You can give blood 7 days after completion of root canal treatment with no complications.