POST IMPLANT CARE

• Post implant care can be divided into Immediate care(steps taken immediately after Implant surgery) and Long term care(steps taken for long term success of Life of  Implants )
• Immediate care includes having an Icepack, not spitting saliva but swallowing it, having the prescribed medications, having soft diet for the next 2 days etc.
• Long term Implant care is very critical for the success of Life of Implants in our mouth. The outcome of any Implant treatment procedure depends on 4 critical factors. They are namely,

• Quality of the existing bone
• Quality of the crown over the implant
• Efficiency of the surgical procedure and
• Long term Post Implant Care.

Long term Post Implant Care

1. Regular Brushing with a tooth brush twice daily.

2. Use of Interdental or Proxa brush once daily, that has miniature bristles which can clean the food debris between implant crown/natural tooth and implant crown/gum interface where the regular tooth bristles cannot reach.

3. Use of Water flosser once daily that emits controlled jets of water that cleans the food debris accumulated between implant crown /gum or between multiple implant crowns safely

4. Use of conventional Dental Floss once daily that removes the food debris inbetween the two adjacent surfaces of the tooth.