Should You Expect Much Facial Swelling After Your Dental Implant Procedure?
The fact that you only need a local anesthetic demonstrates that your dental implant surgery is fairly minor. But it's still surgery, and so some aftereffects are to be expected, such as swelling. But how much swelling should you be expecting?
The Peak of Your Swelling
As is the case with any type of oral surgery, the swelling of local tissues peaks after the procedure, and not during it. You might be a little concerned that your swelling continues to develop in the days following your surgery, and the precise timing of the peak will vary from person to person, but it will peak before long before immediately beginning to subside.