ACCEPT:

If donor had:

• Dental inspection or dental impressions
• Fitting, adjustment or removal of dental brace
• Uncomplicated temporary filling unless it is part of a root canal treatment, in which case see below
• A donor that has a dental implant (root device) in place awaiting a permanent tooth / cap to be applied can be accepted once the site is healed, there is no symptom of infection and no oral antibiotics were required in the last 7 days

 DEFER:

• If donor has a toothache today (until resolved)
• For 24 hours after scale and polish
• For 24 hours after uncomplicated* filling unless it is part of a root canal treatment
• For 7 days after uncomplicated* extraction
• For 2 weeks from recovery from infection after taking antibiotics for dental treatment
• For 2 weeks from recovery from a dental abscess
• For 7 days after completion of treatment for fitting of cap or crown
• For 7 days after completion titanium implant
• For 7 days after root canal treatment
• For 7 days after bovine implant/bone implant if it has a CE mark in Europe and FDA approval in USA

 PERMANENTLY EXCLUDE:

• If the donor needs to take prophylactic antibiotics prior to any dental treatment because of risk of Sub-acute bacterial endocarditis (SBE)
• If allogenic human tissue (bone) has been used
• If bovine implant/bovine bone has no CE mark in Europe or FDA approval USA or the type of the implant cannot be ascertained

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Examples of bovine implant as Bio-Oss, Bio-Gide, NuOss, or NuOss Collagen