“Why does my fresh tooth implant hurts?” is the question people often ask their tooth doctor. It’s understandable why it worries patients so much: they afraid of possible problems of engraftment, but pain not always means that something went wrong with it. A lot depends on the character of the pain – it can be sharp, nagging, spasmodic, itchy, pulsing, dull. The localization is also important – whether it is bounded or spreading all over your gum. It can feel very different and have different reasons of its appearance. Not only doctor’s work matters, but the way you stick to rules of post-operational hygiene, your whole state of health and individual specialties too.
As a rule, painful feelings during first days after the procedure is a normal thing, because even if your doctor did the implantation in a gentlest manner, still a fact is a fact – in the process of operation tissues get damaged and they need time to get recovered. Modern medical technologies allow to minimize the pain as possible, but not to guarantee its total absence. Analgesics will easily help you to cope with it.
But what to do if time passes and your pain won’t stop? When you actually need to get worried? If long intensive pain doesn’t stop after five days it means that after all there is something wrong. Besides pain, on noticing reddening, edema, secretion of some liquid from under the gum in the place of implantation you should go to your doctor immediately. Perhaps the surgical revision of wound, rinsing or cleaning the tissue with afterward stitches is required.
What are the main reasons that can make it a problem?
The wound wasn’t stitched properly and there was bacterial invasion through its loose edge.
Smoking also can slow down the recovery of your wound, that’s why it’s recommended to avoid it during the recovery period. It has harmful influence on your mucosa’s recovering abilities.
Bone overheating, in case of not sticking to the implantation surgical protocol.
The formation of cruor between the implant and a gum with its festering that causes inflammation.
If the tissues close to the implant are inflamed, it can be stopped without harming the implant treatment. The surgeon performs sanitation and cleaning of the inflamed surface with special instruments. After this procedure the patient is to undergo anti-inflammation therapy. Be attentive to your tooth implant pain and don’t miss the moment when medical interference is necessary.