# Dental Procedures and Oral Surgery — Blood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services

For Dental Procedures and Oral Surgery, blood service is American Red Cross (US); 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, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Criterion:** Dental Procedures and Oral Surgery
- **Blood service:** American Red Cross (US) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Waiting period:** 3 days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Condition:** after having oral surgery; acceptable after dental procedures as long as there is no infection present _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Outcome:** temporary deferral _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> 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.

## Source

- https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/how-to-donate/eligibility-requirements/eligibility-criteria-alphabetical.html

Last verified: 2026-08-06. Review by: 2027-02-02.
Part of [Blood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services](https://referencesource.org/blood-donor-deferral-criteria/).