At Shine, we know how scary it can be for our Long Island area patients facing a dental implant surgery. Just the word “surgery” often strikes fear into the hearts of many of our patients, as they immediately think thoughts of pain, downtime, and possible adverse reactions to different medications, but these are things that don’t really need to be worried about when it comes to getting a dental implant. Dental implant surgery is actually a very simple procedure, and one that you can be awake or sedated for if you so choose, and the best way to calm these fears is to learn a little about what having a dental implant entails. (more…)
