{"id":24680,"date":"2021-08-09T09:15:52","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T08:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dentaly.org\/en\/?page_id=24680"},"modified":"2025-03-22T11:47:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T10:47:40","slug":"dental-implants-experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dentaly.org\/en\/teeth-implants-cost\/dental-implants-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"My Dental Implants Experience: How Painful Is It & More Questions Answered"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been writing about dental implants<\/a> for quite a few years now, but I noticed there is very little information out there about what the dental implant experience is really like<\/strong> from a patient\u2019s perspective. Much of the information is published by dental clinics, and it tends to be reassuring rather than descriptive.<\/p>

So, having recently got two dental implants myself, it\u2019s only natural for me to want to write about what it was like!<\/p>

Of course, what follows is just my personal experience of getting dental implants<\/strong>. It\u2019s not going to be the same for everyone, since a lot will depend on the exact details of your treatment. But for anyone about to undergo this surgery, I hope it provides some insight and reassurance about what to expect.<\/p>

First, some background.<\/h2>
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I have a condition called hypodontia<\/a>, which means I was missing some of my adult teeth. My bottom second premolars (the fifth ones back), to be precise. Since these teeth never came through, the baby teeth in that position never fell out. There were two consequences to this:<\/p>

  1. I was left with two teeth in my mouth that had been there for 30+ years when they\u2019re only supposed to last for 10<\/li>
  2. Those two baby teeth are larger than the adult teeth that are supposed to replace them, so my bottom teeth were crooked from overcrowding.<\/li> <\/ol>

    With these two teeth full of fillings and falling apart, I was starting to worry about chewing on them in case I caused more damage. I\u2019d had enough and decided to get them extracted so I could straighten my other teeth and then get implants.<\/p> Get a free quote for dental treatment abroad<\/a>

    The extractions were pretty horrible – turns out the teeth were much stronger than I\u2019d realised – but I recovered after a week or so. Then I got metal braces<\/a> fitted to my bottom teeth, and a year later they were much straighter.<\/p>

    So, onto the part you came here for: getting teeth implants. The photos I have included show what the implants looked like at each step, although dentist’s chair selfies don’t produce great quality pictures!<\/p>

    My dental implants experience step-by-step<\/h2>

    1. Consultation and x-ray<\/h3>

    The first step was to have a consultation with my implant dentist. He checked my panoramic x-ray and confirmed that I was a good candidate for dental implants and still had sufficient bone following my extractions.<\/p>

    After this, I\u2019ll be honest, I put off making the appointment to actually get the implants placed. Why? I was super nervous about how it would feel. I knew it all in theory, but actually letting someone drill into my jawbone was another matter. Anyway, I finally decided to get on with it.<\/p> \t

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