I’ve had two implants but never had a bridge. Here’s my thread on the subject from last summer.
This depends on the dentist. I don’t remember my first implant all that well, but the dentist who did the one I had nine months ago pulled the tooth and put in the implant “screw” (don’t know the proper name for it) the same day. It was probably achy-- but not so much that I still remember. He gave me a prescription for the super-ibuprofen, but I only took them for a couple of days.
Then he put the “cap” (the new tooth) on top of the screw two months later. That’s this dentist’s protocol. I talked to his assistant about the timing and she said they used to do the 10-month thing, but found that the fast track worked just as well.
Make sure you get a GREAT dentist. This guy was The Bomb. In practice for 40 years and he has done hundreds of these. That makes a difference.