Postoperative pain evaluation and pain management in implantology: retrospective study and literature review

To evaluate post-operative pain in a sample of patients undergoing implant prosthetic rehabilitation. To accomplish a literature review about pain perception and pain management in implantology; to assess patient satisfaction according to current studies. A sample of 23 consecutively treated patients was enrolled in the study. To fulfill the research inquiries, a questionnaire about postoperative pain was administered to all patients every day for the first 7 days following implantology. Data were collected, and statistical analysis was performed. A literature review was conducted to compare our results to those of other similar studies. Post-operative pain is a fairly common problem in patients undergoing implant-prosthetic rehabilitation, and it varies in intensity and duration.