How painful is it to remove a dental implant? (Photo)

The removal of titanium implants is becoming common place.  There are various implant removal kits on the market that make the procedure less traumatic.   Usually the implant can be unthreaded with minimal trauma.  It is no more painful then the removal of a tooth.   The only other solution is trying to restore the tooth in an incorrect position.  I think perhaps best to start over.  Good luck.   

In some situations, implants may appear to be placed in an unusual position, but many times they can still be restored adequately as the supporting abutment could be angulated to correct the path of insertion of the crown. If that is something that cannot be corrected in your case, removing an implant is not really a painful procedure but you will need to have additional bone grafting done and if done in a certain fashion, potentially have a new implant placed at the same time. This will minimize the number of procedures done. Good luck!

I saw your previous post and I agree you should have the implant redone. The difficulty (pain) will depend on several factors. First, how long the implant is and second, how locked into the bone it is. I've seen implants simply unscrewed using a special device and I've seen cases where the implant was removed by having to remove some bone around it. Unfortunately, if you want a tooth in that location, you'll need to remove that implant first.