How to take care of dental implants?

How to take care of dental implants? Many people have missing teeth and ask doctors to "plant" some dentures for themselves. The denture namely implant is a few realistic, beautiful, and comfortable dentures. Once the teeth are "planted" alive, some people think that everything is going well. They gnaw bones, bite sugarcane, eat everything, and do not pay attention to oral hygiene. As a result, the implants die. How to care for dental implants? Once the dental implant is "planted", it needs careful care. Dental implant care can be divided into two stages: postoperative recovery period and normal use period.

Nursing during the recovery period-within three months after the operation

Although dental implant surgery is not serious, if you do not pay attention to care after the operation, wound infection and cracking are prone to occur. In severe cases, dental implants will fail. Therefore, the following issues should be paid attention to after the operation:

1. On the day after the operation, the patient should eat food are half-liquid or full-liquid, remove the stitches to advance soft food, and do not use the teeth in the operation area to chew food. For patients who have dental implants immediately after extraction, dental implants should not be used to chew hard food within three months after surgery. Quit smoking, alcohol and stimulating food. Under the guidance of a doctor, appropriate calcium preparations should be added to increase the intake of high-calcium foods and vitamins.

2. Do not brush the teeth in the surgical area within 24 hours after surgery to avoid irritating the wound. Pay attention to maintaining oral hygiene, brush your teeth every morning and evening, and rinse with mouthwash several times after meals to prevent wound infection.

3. Reduce the movement of the muscles around the surgical area, and try not to laugh or talk frequently within three months after the operation to prevent excessive movement of the cheeks and tears.

4. Observe the condition of implants and wounds frequently. Once problems are found, report them to the doctor and solve them as soon as possible.

Nursing during normal use-three months after surgery

The comfort, beauty and good chewing function of dental implants often make people forget its existence and neglect the correct use and maintenance of it. In addition, dental implants do not have the ability to feel natural teeth, and pain signals cannot occur after injury. It's often too late when problems arise. Therefore, patients must pay attention to the following points during use:

1. Let dental implants take on the chewing function reasonably to prevent excessive force. Due to different factors such as bone quality and physical health status of each person, implants can chew foods with different hardness and toughness. What kinds of foods cannot be chewed (such as bones, hard beans, jerky, etc.)? Patients should follow the doctor’s advice, and at the same time gradually find out the food suitable for dental implants to chew, so that the effectiveness of dental implants can be maximized.

2. Do daily cleaning of the oral cavity and dental implants. Poor oral hygiene can easily cause peri-implant inflammation. In addition to brushing your teeth once a day in the morning and evening and rinsing your mouth after meals, you should also pay special attention to the hygiene of the implant. The key parts of cleaning are the neck of the implant and the surrounding gum tissue. To brush your teeth, you should choose a toothbrush with moderately hard bristles and rounded ends, and use toothpaste with soft abrasives and warm water. When brushing your teeth, point the bristles at the root of the implant at a 45-degree angle, and press it at the junction of the implant and the gums, so that half of the bristles touch the implant and half of the bristles are pressed on the gums. Brush each tooth carefully in order. Brush your teeth gently to avoid direct stimulation of the toothbrush and damage to the gums around the implant. The adjacent surface of the implant can be cleaned with dental floss or interdental cleaner. Periodontal massage can also be done under the guidance of a doctor. Smoking will increase the incidence of tissue inflammation around the implant. Therefore, patients should reduce smoking after dental implants, and it is best to quit smoking.

3. Regular review and medical care. After “planting” teeth, it is not enough to just brush your teeth correctly. It is also necessary to regularly go to the hospital to clean the implants and natural teeth. Generally, you need to go to the specialist hospital for cleansing every six months to remove bacteria that cannot be removed by regular brushing Spots and stones. At the same time, please ask the doctor to check whether the connection part of the implant is loose, whether the implant and the natural tooth are out of occlusion. If any abnormality is found, the doctor can correct it in time. The careful care of dental implants is also the process of treating oral diseases. It is necessary to learn to use and protect dental implants correctly, so as to ensure the complete success of dental implants.