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Are dental implants painful? & How to relieve pain from dental implant?

Pain after a dental implant  Turkey

One of the most curious issues for patients who want to have implant treatment is how the procedure is performed and whether it is painful. It is a surgical procedure and is done in stages. Dental implant treatment is not painful. The procedure is performed under local anesthesia.

The patient does not feel pain during implant placement. Post-implant pain is controlled with painkillers prescribed by your doctor.

Is there pain after implant?

There is no pain during implant treatment. Post-implant pain lasts for a few weeks at most and is controlled with painkillers.

Implant treatment is the most suitable treatment for those who want to replace their lost teeth with both aesthetic and functional teeth. Implant treatment provides the patient with the closest dental use to natural teeth thanks to the screw that acts as an artificial tooth root placed in the jawbone.

For patients who have lost all their teeth, dentists recommend full mouth implant treatments such as all on 4, and all on six or removable prosthesis treatment if the patient is not suitable for dental implant treatment.

For patients who have lost a single tooth, bridge treatment was applied in the past years, but today, instead of this treatment, single tooth implant treatment is preferred, which is applied without damaging the surrounding teeth.

Implant treatment is both long-lasting and offers the closest bite and chewing function to natural teeth. Implant is a treatment with many advantages and ease of use compared to removable prosthesis and bridge treatments.

How painful are dental implants in Turkey?

Implant surgery is not a painful procedure. Local anesthesia is administered to the patient during implant treatment. Local anesthesia during implant treatment prevents the patient from feeling pain. Various painkillers may be prescribed after the procedure, taking into account the possibility of the patient experiencing pain.

However, pain felt during the healing process after the implant can be at different levels due to individual differences and can be overcome with painkillers.

What are the causes of pain experienced after implant?

It is normal to feel some pain immediately after the implant treatment. This pain is caused by the surgical intervention. The pain can be relieved by regular use of painkillers prescribed by the dentist. In the later stage, the persistence of pain depends on the following factors.

  • If the patient does not apply the post-implant care rules recommended to the patient by the dentist correctly or applies them incompletely, it increases post-implant pain.
  • The patient's disruption of oral care routines necessary for oral and dental health can trigger pain.
  • The patient's pain threshold has an effect on the level of implant pain felt.
  • The number of implants applied may cause a change in the pain felt after the implant.
  • The complexity of the implant treatment may cause a difference in the level of pain. The application of a bone grafting procedure to the patient's jawbone may cause the treatment to take longer and at times cause more pain.

How long will the pain last after getting a dental implant?

There may be pain after dental implant treatment. Swelling and pain after implant is considered normal. The pain intensity increases in the first few days and then decreases day by day. During this period, it will be sufficient to use prescribed painkillers.

Pain after implant treatment usually lasts up to 1 week. During the 3-month period after the implant when the jawbone and implant will fuse, the patient should not put pressure on the implant area, should not consume hard foods, and should pay attention to oral hygiene, which directly affects the success of the implant and the severity of the pain after the implant.

However, if the post-implant pain is very severe even 10 days after the treatment and the pain does not ease at all, you should consult a dentist.

How to relieve pain after implant?

  • If there are medications recommended by your dentist after the implant, use them regularly.
  • Do not neglect to use painkillers prescribed by your dentist.
  • Use cold compresses as recommended by your dentist to relieve implant pain.
  • Avoid all behaviors that will strain your jaw after the implant.
  • To avoid pain after dental implant treatment, do not talk too much, do not consume foods that need to be chewed for a long time, avoid extremely hot and extremely cold foods.
  • Pay attention to your oral hygiene after the implant screw is inserted.
  • After the implant, do not consume hard foods during the 3-month healing period when the jawbone and implant will fuse.

Severe pain after implant

If severe post-implant pain is experienced in the first few days, this is considered normal. The pain felt varies depending on the patient's pain threshold and the level of compliance with what needs to be done after the implant.

If severe post-implant pain persists after weeks, then the dentist should be consulted and the implant should be checked. The pain should ease as the days pass after the treatment, but severe pain after the implant even after weeks is one of the signs of a failed implant.

How difficult is it to get dental implants?

The question 'Are tooth implants difficult?' haunts the minds of those who want to have this treatment. Implant treatment is very easy to apply with the effect of developing technologies.

Implant surgery is not difficult for experienced dentists who perform dental treatment and for the patient who undergoes implant treatment with the latest technologies.

3D devices take intraoral images and implants are prepared in appropriate sizes for the patient. The treatment is performed with almost zero error.

Dental implant treatment is a surgical procedure. Implant treatments applied by experienced dentists are made quite easily with the use of the latest technologies. In implant treatments using 3D technologies, flapless/seamless implant procedure can also be performed.

The placement of a single implant takes 5-15 minutes. The shortness of this time proves to the patients that the anxiety they experienced before the treatment is unnecessary. Patients usually report that the implant treatment is easier than filling or root canal treatment.

How painful is a single tooth implant?

Single dental implant treatment is not difficult. After a single tooth extraction, it is very important to get implants without problems such as bone loss in the jaw and shifting of the teeth.

Individuals who have a tooth that needs to be extracted for various reasons should consult with the dentist for implant surgery to a single tooth immediately after tooth extraction. In this way, the implant can be placed in place of the extracted tooth without the need for a second intervention in the jaw. The patient regains the tooth lost through tooth extraction both aesthetically and functionally.

Dental treatment is performed by our experienced dentists. Make an appointment for your dental check-up at one of our Dentapolitan Oral and Dental Health Hospitals in Turkey, Istanbul.