Dental Implants Information

Hygienic Maintenance

Taking good care of your dental implants is vital for long-term success. With proper home care and professional maintenance, your new teeth can last for life.

Make your implants last

Care for your dental implants just as well as you would care for your natural teeth. Thorough oral hygiene is necessary to prevent diseases around the implants. With proper home care and regular professional maintenance, you can keep your new teeth throughout life.

 

Post-surgical implant placement home-care guidelines

  • Drink only clear liquids; a soft diet is recommended for the first few days.
  • Take all prescribed antibiotics to prevent infection.
  • Take prescribed pain medication as needed for pain.
  • Use an extra-soft toothbrush twice daily to clean pre-existing teeth or other implants, being careful to avoid the surgical incision area. If patient uses an ultrasonic or electric toothbrush, wait one to two weeks.
  • Clean between teeth once a day throughout the entire mouth except at the surgical site.
  • Avoid wearing the temporary prosthesis provided or denture to let the gum tissue heal (if the implant was not immediately loaded).
  • If recommended, use saltwater rinses or non-alcohol antimicrobial mouth rinse two times daily.

Care of Dental Implants

Supposedly dental implants are to be maintained just like your naturals. Brushing, flossing, use of mouth wash is recommended the way one follows with their natural teeth. Attend recall visits as per scheduled by your dentist. Dental implants can last a lifetime if maintained properly. Success of implant refers to implant that are not only in the mouth, but are also functional & satisfactory. Implant maintenance is key to long-term success of the implant prosthesis.

Oral hygiene instructions for implant patients:

  • BRUSH AROUND IMPLANTS LIKE YOU WOULD AROUND TEETH.
  • FLOSSING AROUND IMPLANTS IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN TEETH. THE GOAL IS TO REMOVE INTERDENTAL DEBRIS. THE PATIENT SHOULD NOT FLOSS TOO FAR BELOW THE GINGIVAL MARGIN NEXT TO THE IMPLANT.
  • IF INTERDENTAL SPACES ARE LARGE USE AN INTERPROXIMAL BRUSH.
  • REMIND THE PATIENT THAT ANY CHRONIC INFLAMMATION AROUND AN IMPLANT, LIKE A NATURAL TOOTH, CAN DAMAGE THE BONE-IMPLANT CONNECTION WITH ULTIMATE BONE LOSS AND LOSS OF THE IMPLANT. DENTAL IMPLANTS NEED TO BE CARED FOR ON A DAILY BASIS JUST LIKE NATURAL TEETH.

Implant Home-Care Guidelines

  • Brush twice daily with low-abrasive dentifrice.
  • Floss with dental tape (mesial/distal and facial/lingual) in shoe shine motion or use a water flosser one to times daily.
  • If recommended, use interdental brush, rubber tip, soft picks, and/or water irrigation unit one to two times daily.
  • If inflammation present use non- alcohol anti-microbial rinse and/or add to water irrigation unit in 1:10 dilution

DENTAL FLOSS

Floss inserted on mesial & distal

 

Floss crisscrossed in shoe-shine manner

 

WATER PICK

Waterpik Flossers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proper care for your dental implants

Taking good care of your dental implants is vital for long-term success. With proper home care and professional maintenance, your new teeth can last for life.

Make your implants last

Care for your dental implants just as well as you would care for your natural teeth. Thorough oral hygiene is necessary to prevent diseases around the implants. With proper home care and regular professional maintenance, you can keep your new teeth throughout life.