Tapentadol is shown in several studies on chronic pain patients to have comparable analgesic effects to traditional opioid pain medications like oxycodone and morphine, but with a more tolerable side-effect profile. In the postoperative setting after dental or orthopedic surgery, studies have shown less nausea and constipation. It has also been suggested a lower frequency of pruritus compared with oxycodone, but no difference in central nervous system symptoms such as sleepiness or dizziness. The most dangerous side-effect from opioids is respiratory depression with the potential of fatal outcome. The investigators have not found any publications from short-term postoperative pain management comparing the respiratory effect of tapentadol to the traditional opioids.