Dental implants are the best way to replace missing teeth. Installing dental implants is a simple and very popular procedure, but caring for implants is an essential part of everyday hygiene and a key to successful implantation. Any artificial material in the mouth – dental crowns, implants, and even fillings – should be very carefully cleaned. Bacteria and plaque accumulate on them 30% more than on real teeth. Dental implants are a large investment in oral health. Hygienic care of implants is an important preventive procedure. Hygienic care of implants significantly increases the life of dental implants, and prevents the development of complications. The output is proper oral hygiene before and after the installation procedure. Glendale Dental Implant Surgeon, Dr. Sahakyan cannot stress more the importance of keeping proper dental hygiene and dental diet during and after implantation.
When Caring for Implants, the Following Is Recommended:
- After each meal, rinse your mouth with an antiseptic mouthwash.
- Carry out anti-inflammatory therapy, using special baths.
- Protect yourself from strong physical exertion. Blood that rushes to the head in such situations can cause swelling of the gums.
- Sleep on the side where the operation was not performed.
- Use compresses and hot-water bottles applied to the cheeks.
- Avoid stressful situations.
Hygienic Care for Dental Implants
Additionally, Glendale Dentists at Smile Makeover of LA offer the following tips for dental implant after-care:
Teeth Cleaning
About 48 hours after the procedure, be sure to follow all the dentist’s recommendations and brush your teeth with a soft toothbrush. Also, there are electronic toothbrushes, which are more advanced than regular toothbrushes. When you fully recover from the procedure, your implant care will not fundamentally differ from daily dental care. It is very important to brush your teeth twice a day with a soft toothbrush and use dental floss.
What Toothbrushes Is Best to Use with Implants?
Use a toothbrush with a special stimulating bristle. It massages the gums while brushing your teeth, strengthens them, helps to recover faster after the implantation procedure, and reduces bleeding.
Daily Flossing
Cleaning out hard-to-reach dental space is easy with the help of a floss thread. To clean an artificial tooth, you can use special dental floss for the implant. It is wider and has a thickening. Daily flossing is important to deny the accumulation of plaque around the site of each implant.
Rinsing of Teeth
Implant care is almost the same as regular dental care, but one should not forget that these implants are artificial teeth. After implantation, food particles and bacteria can penetrate areas that the toothbrush cannot handle. Therefore, after each meal, try to use rinses that do not contain alcohol. This will help get rid of bacteria and excess food in hard-to-clean places.
Water Flossers / Oral Irrigators
It is recommended for patients use oral irrigators for the retraction of dental plaque, inflammation, and hard-to-get emergence sections around implants.
An irrigator is an indispensable tool in the care of dental implants. The cleaning action is based on the generation of a jet of water with an adjustable force of pressure, under the action of which the teeth are cleaned. Additionally the jet of water massages the gums, which keeps them healthy. Gum massage improves the blood flow in the gums, which strengthens soft tissue. Cleaning the teeth with an irrigator does not carry the risk of mechanical damage. It is completely safe, painless, and very effective. It has been clinically proven that the constant use of the irrigator reduces the risk of caries and periodontal disease.
The development of periodontal disease after implantation leads to the exposure of the neck of the implant, which can cause inflammation and rejection of the artificial tooth.
Give Up Smoking
It has been scientifically proven that smokers with dental implants have a higher risk of various health problems. Tobacco smoke can cause complications at the implant site, which, can lead to inflammation. Giving up bad habits is very important because in this way you can avoid complications. In addition, tobacco smoke creates a favorable environment for the formation of tartar. The tartar accumulates on the teeth and affects implants.
Follow the dental diet
Try to avoid crunchy, hard, and hard-to-chew food. If it is not difficult to chew, then it is suitable for consumption in the first days after implantation.
Professional Teeth Cleaning
It is recommended to undergo professional teeth cleaning every six months using ultrasound or airflow procedures. Each tooth and crown are not only getting cleaned up, but the surface is polished, which counteracts the colonization of bacteria.
If you have any questions, please contact the best dentist in Glendale, Dr. Sahakyan, or call 1-818-578-2324 for an appointment today.