How Painful is It to Get Dental Implants?

Dental Impnat placement causes very little discomfort compared to other surgical procedures.  Of course the more involved the surgery is, the more discomfort there may be.  If bone grafts or tissue gratfs are performed along with the implants there may be slightly more discomfort, but still only minor.  The pain is easily controlled with over the counter analgesics such as ibuprofen, but for the first day a narcotic may be needed.  I always give my patients a narcotic and they always tell me that thaey only used it for one day, or not at all.  If the tissue and bone is handled carefully there should be very little pain.  This is why surgeons with more experience tend to have less pain complaints from their patients.  If the tissue is not handled gently, that is where the pain comes from, the inflammation causes pain, not the actual surgical procedure

Dental implant procedure is the least uncomfortable procedure in oral surgery. it requires minimum amount of local anesthetic and the follow-up discomfort can be controlled with mild analgesics. Again, it all depends of the experience of the operator, the faster the procedure is done the less swelling, the more gentle on handling the soft tissue the less discomfort afterwards. truly, one of the best invention for human kind comfort.

Edgard El Chaar, DDS, MS.