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Table 3 Incidence of post-extraction bleeding

From: Analysing the effectiveness of topical bleeding care following tooth extraction in patients receiving dual antiplatelet therapy-retrospective observational study

Therapy

Number of wounds treated after tooth extraction

Post-extraction bleeding

Bleeding from post-extraction wounds

Bleeding from the wounds following removal of teeth

Present

Absent

One tooth

Two teeth

Three teeth

Aspirin

43

3

40

3

0

0

58.9%*

7%

93%

100%

0%

0%

Clopidogrel

46

2

44

1

1

0

68.7%

4.3%

95.7%

50%

50%

0%

DAPT

74

3

71

2

1

0

98.7%

4.1%

95.9%

66.7%

33.3%

0%

Total

163

8

155

6

2

0

75.8%

4.9%

95.1%

75%

25%

0%

  1. *Percentage relative to the number of teeth removed