Titanium pin fitting for dental work

[littlemissneela]

My ds has had a brace for almost two years to help make space to have some pins and porcelin teeth inserted. His gaps are almost at the right size to have the next work done; the pins fitted into his jaw.
My question is this. Are these pins fitted using local or general anaesthetic? He is quite adamant he wants to be knocked out when they do it, but I am pretty sure I've read its done under local.
He has an appointment next week so will ask then, but I just wanted to see if any of you know before then. Thanks!

It might be fully grown but there's an amount of skeletal maturing that goes on up until almost 30 for some parts of the body. That's important for implants because they can appear to move relative to the other teeth due to changes in the jaw bone. So it's a bit early still.

I think most of us read your op as saying he's having it done imminently as you said he has an appointment next week.

Just to add, that still doesn't mean he can have a GA as the equipment for implants is pretty specialised. I've taken a portable dental kit into an operating theatre but it's far from ideal and the kit only had a drill that is used to prepare a tooth for extraction, not the sort that an implant needs. So lots of questions for you to ask.

I had an implant at 16. Under local anaesthetic. It was a pretty hideous experience I must admit, but not so hideous that I'd opt for a ga. Sedation on the other hand would have been bliss! It failed 10 years later and i had it done again, also under local. Both NHS treatments - wouldn't happen today! If it fails a second time I won't go through it again, too expensive to go private and the whole experience too traumatic. But a further 12 years down the line it seems to be doinv fine! I am totally paranoid about caring for the gum around it, as gum recession/infection caused the first failure. Make sure your ds knows how vital tip-top oral hygiene is post-implant.