Why is it not suitable to extract teeth during menstruation?

Women who have ever seen a dentist know that teeth cannot be extracted during menstruation. However, in order to solve the pain of teeth as soon as possible, some female friends hide their menstruation from the dentist or insist on having teeth extracted during menstruation regardless of the doctor's advice, which results in heavy bleeding after tooth extraction, adding unnecessary trouble and pain to themselves.

So, why is it not suitable to extract teeth during menstruation?

This is because menstruation is a physiological change unique to women. In addition to maintaining female characteristics and reproductive functions, this change often affects the bleeding and coagulation mechanisms of human blood. According to research, platelets will undergo significant changes during menstruation, often decreasing on the first day of menstruation and not returning to their original number until the third or fourth day.

In addition, during menstruation, the endometrium of the human body can release more tissue activating substances, which can activate the plasminogen in the blood into plasmin with anticoagulant effect, increasing the body's bleeding tendency. Therefore, surgery or tooth extraction during menstruation may cause more bleeding.

Therefore, if there are no special circumstances, women should avoid surgery or tooth extraction during the menstrual period, especially for the extraction of larger teeth such as impacted teeth, which should be postponed. In addition, although pregnant women are not affected by menstruation, women in the first three months of pregnancy often have pregnancy reactions such as nausea and vomiting, and are prone to miscarriage during tooth extraction. Women in the last three months of pregnancy are prone to premature birth under the stimulation of tooth extraction. Therefore, tooth extraction is not recommended. It is safer only in the 4th, 5th, and 6th months of pregnancy.