Is It Painful to Get Dental Implants?
The thought of going through a surgical procedure is enough to send us into panic mode, particularly when it’s about our teeth. Since dental implants require (minor) surgery, it is easy to understand why many people are averse to the procedure and anticipate the pain it can cause. Are Dental Implants Painful? One of the biggest reasons people have apprehension about dental implant surgery is what they read on the internet. A quick Google search will show you plenty of pictures of holes drilled into the gums, which might look quite scary. However, this should not be a reason to get anxious because the procedure isn’t as painful as it looks on the internet. During the placement of a dental implant, the dentist places a small cut in the gums to drill one or more titanium implants in the bone under the gums. While this sounds like a pain-inducing process, the fact is that as patients are given local anaesthesia, they don’t feel any pain during the surgery. Howeve...