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Patients' Perception and Postoperative Discomfort with Mini-implants

Objective: To determine patients’ expectation, acceptance and experience of pain with mini-implants. Materials and methods: Thirty patients were treated with 60 oral mini-implants (OMIs) measuring 1.6 mm in diameter and 6 mm in length. Each patient was given a questionnaire that included a visual analog scale to indicate discomfort after implantation. One month after insertion of miniimplant patients were asked to rate their acceptance of procedure using structured questionnaire. Results: The postoperative pain experienced decreased continuously from days 1 to 7 for all orthodontic procedures. Most patients were satisfied with mini-implant surgery and would recommend it to a friend or family member. Conclusion: Patients tended to overestimate pain anticipated with mini-implant surgery. Patients were accepting of the surgery and would recommend it to others.