Dental Procedures and Oral Surgery — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))
What is the waiting period for Dental Procedures and Oral Surgery — can I give blood? (American Red Cross (US))?
For Dental Procedures and Oral Surgery, waiting period is 3 days; condition is after having oral surgery; acceptable after dental procedures as long as there is no infection present; outcome is temporary deferral; blood service is American Red Cross (US), recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.
Acceptable after dental procedures as long as there is no infection present. Wait until finishing antibiotics for a dental infection. Wait for 3 days after having oral surgery.
— redcrossblood.org, retrieved 2026-08-06
3 days
How long you must wait before donating (or the age/weight bound), exactly as this blood service prints it — the passage it comes from is quoted on the record page. National services genuinely disagree on the same criterion; check the service you would donate with.
- Criterion
- Dental Procedures and Oral Surgery
- Blood service
- American Red Cross (US) our reading
- Waiting period
- 3 days verified
- Condition
- after having oral surgery; acceptable after dental procedures as long as there is no infection present
- Outcome
- temporary deferral our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
Source
- redcrossblood.orghttps://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/how-to-donate/eligibility-requirements/eligibility-criteria-alphabetical.html