# Dental bridge vs implant. Experiences? Horror stories? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 6, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-bridge-vs-implant-experiences-horror-stories/982257 "2023-04-06T16:00:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-bridge-vs-implant-experiences-horror-stories/982257/12 "2023-04-06T21:29:30Z")
I’ve had two implants but never had a bridge. Here’s my [thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-want-a-dental-implant-or-a-bridge/969524) on the subject from last summer. > [@cormac262](#): > > It is a LONG process - like 10+ months. 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. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-bridge-vs-implant-experiences-horror-stories/982257)._