Celebrating 1st day / night off the pills...

[rayinpenn]

It finally happened I went to bed without an ibuprofen and it’s 9:30 AM and I haven’t had one either. It took 10 days for these implants to stop being intolerably sore...

I am ecstatic.

 

[pacergal]

Glad you are healing and feeling better!

 

[Dtail]

Glad to hear it.
Now you just have to figure out how to sleep later with your early morning wake up call from the pooch.

 

[W2R]

Glad you are feeling better.

I'm shocked, though, that you needed pain medication at all afterwards, much less for 10 days. I have had numerous dental implants. My oral surgeon always requires that I take one hydrocodone right afterwards, so that I am medicated when the Novacaine wears off. But I have never felt the need for any pain medication beyond that.

 

[aja8888]

Glad you are feeling better.

I'm shocked, though, that you needed pain medication at all afterwards, much less for 10 days. I have had numerous dental implants. My oral surgeon always requires that I take one hydrocodone right afterwards, so that I am medicated when the Novacaine wears off. But I have never felt the need for any pain medication beyond that.

Same here and never was prescribed any pain meds. I was OK the day of the surgery and the area was just a bit tender. Once the teeth were in (a few weeks later), it was like they were original.

 

[MissMolly]

I have varying degrees of success with dental procedures. Sometimes a piece of cake and only a very mild ache - other times I am in agony for several days. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to it. If the dentist offers pain meds I get the prescription filled just in case since I never how I will react.

 

[badatmath]

Painkillers, even serious rx ones (when you could still get them ) do NOT work on me. They just don't. Last time I had a hefty Rx for one some years back I just threw it out bc it did nothing. . . It is really weird.

 

[rayinpenn]

I’ve had 2 other implants done 1 at a time and recovery wasn’t bad a couple days and I was fine. Understand I was never in agony the pills kept the soreness at bay. I didn’t brush there - only gently today for the first time. I still feel them and food has been deliberately soft. All in, I am not ready for any new implants soon ...knock on wood.

I recognize that this is a minor deal when you think about all medical issues.

 

[donheff]

I always fill the Rx and pop a couple of hydrocodone after implants and bone grafts and then store up the extras in case I have an emergency and need them.