Five Factors for Long Term Dental Implant Care

Point #1 Following Your Surgeon’s Instructions for Recovery After your implant procedure, a

number of instructions for managing symptoms such as inflammation and pain will be given as well keeping your mouth clean to fight infections; and taking the proper medications, i.e, antibiotics to help speed your recovery. Many of our implants have bone grafts that have placed and staying on the correct diet can make a big difference on the healing outcome

Point #2 Keep Your Follow-up Appointment with your Surgeon

The follow-up appointment is necessary for the surgeons to observe any unusual healing issues that might develop. If any problem is identified, it can be addressed quickly to ensure that there’s no negative impact on your implant’s function, comfort, or appearance.

Point #2 Keep Your Follow-up Appointment with your Surgeon

Typical things that surgeon is looking on follow-up appointment is:

Signs of infection

Signs of inflammation

No inappropriate loading of the implant

No pathology associated with implant

Point #3 Good Oral Hygiene Care

As with teeth, good oral hygiene is beneficial for dental implants overall longetivity. dental hygiene practices, including brushing your teeth twice per day and flossing regularly is recommended. In addition, it is sometimes recommended that patient use special cleaning tools that make it easier to remove food from around and under the implant.

Point #3 Good Oral Hygiene Care

Special tools for implant cleaning

Proxy brushes must be used to clean underneath metal framework that are implant-supported.

Point #3 Good Oral Hygiene Care

Antiseptic rinses can be used as the irrigation in the reservoir helping to reduce the inflammation in the tissues surrounding the implant.

Point 4. Plan regular visits to your general dentist

Regularly scheduled dental cleanings and exams are critical for overall good dental health; in most cases, appointments should be booked every six months. In some cases with more serious dental problems, a cleaning schedule of every three months may be recommended

Point 5. Follow-up with your oral surgeon

It is important to follow-up with an oral surgeon on annual basis as well. The annual follow-up provides key information to the overall health of the dental implants long term. The surgeon is making sure there is no or minimum bone loss around the implants and the gums around the implants continue to be healthy.

Point 5. Follow-up with your oral surgeon

What surgeons look for: Health of gums

Signs of inflammation or periodontial pocketing

Radiographic signs of bone loss

around the implant

No signs of pathology around the

implant

The END.COURTESY OF PINEY POINT ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY

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