How To Prevent Dental Implant Complications | Dr. Parsa Zadeh

Are you looking to prevent dental implant complications after your surgery? Watch this video to learn all about how you can prevent complications after dental surgery. Dr. Parsa Zadeh explains that when it comes to complications they are something you should look out for and be cautious of but you should not expect it. Dr Parsa Zadeh answers a series of important questions such as:
What complications after dental implant surgery should you look out for?
Should you expect to bleed after implant surgery?
How can you help severe pain from dental surgery?
What is the most effective pain medication after dental implant surgery?
How much is a good dose of ibuprofen as an analgesic dose?

In this video, Dr. Parsa Zadeh explains that a patient should look be looking out for complications that may occur after dental implant surgery, but they should not be expected.Usual “complication” that you can expect is pain after the surgery. Pain will be more normal and 2 to 3 hours after your surgery you may have a bout of bleeding once the local anesthetics start to wear off. There is no reason to panic as the bleeding will stop in a few minutes. You can be asked to place a gauze in the mouth, place pressure and sit upright to allow the body to stop the bleeding. A little oozing of blood is normal although a complication would be for you to bleed throughout the night, if you have a mouth full of blood for more than 7 or 8 minutes, call your dentist as something must have been ruptured and it will need to be taken care of. Bleeding within the first day can be expected. Severe pain is also a complication and can be addressed with the necessary pain medication. Taking Ibuprofen and acetaminophen are the best combination for medicine after dental implant surgery. A good dosage to take is 800mg for ibuprofen and 1000mg acetaminophen for up to 2 days every 4 hours. On the 3rd day, you can reduce the ibuprofen to 600 mg and then to down to 400 mg. 400 mg is a good analgesic dose. 800 mg is a good analgesic and also anti inflammatory. Remember, If you keep the swelling down then you will keep the pain down. A complication would be for you to bleed throughout the night, if you have a mouth full of blood for more than 7 or 8 minutes call your dentist as something must have been ruptured and its needs to be taken care of.
Have any questions? Don’t hesitate to leave us a comment about what you are wondering about for dental implants! In the next video, Dr. Parsa Zadeh will talk about narcotic pain medications and what role they play with dental implant surgery. If you are looking to learn more from Dr. Parsa Zadeh about dental implants, subscribe to our channel and visit implantedu.org/ for more education.