Is dental implant surgery dangerous

Dental implant surgery has potential risks, and the individual risk depends on jaw anatomy, health conditions, medicines, planning, and technique.

An implant is usually a titanium fixture, or sometimes a ceramic fixture, placed in jawbone to support a replacement tooth. Possible complications include infection, bleeding, nerve or sinus injury, poor healing, or failure to integrate with bone.

Give the dental team a complete medical and medication history and attend examination and imaging. Follow instructions for hygiene, wound care, activity, smoking, and prescribed medicines after surgery.

Seek prompt review for worsening swelling or pain, persistent bleeding, fever, drainage, an open wound, or lasting numbness. Breathing or swallowing difficulty is an emergency.

Ask how the implant relates to nerves, the sinus, and adjacent roots, whether grafting is needed, and how your health or medicines affect healing.