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Maintenance for Dental Implants West Sussex
Maintaining your implant following placement
Following dental implant treatment, your implants will need both proper care at home as well as professional cleaning. It is important to attend aftercare and maintenance appointments with a dental professional so that we can check your healing progress and professionally clean your implants (in the same way that you might get your teeth cleaned by a hygienist). This will help to keep them healthy and prevent bacteria build-up or plaque around the implant.
How to care for your implants at home
Very similar to the way in which you might care for natural teeth, dental implants require brushing twice daily, flossing or interdental brushing and the use of a recommended mouthwash. Just like with any teeth, it is important to keep them free from bacteria. If you continue to care for them thoroughly, your implants can last you a lifetime. It’s important to remember that no matter how good your home care routine, you must still visit your dentist for maintenance checks and a much deeper clean. This will help to ensure the long-term success of your implants.
Professional implant maintenance
Just like with regular teeth, getting check-ups and maintenance for your implants is vital. We have specialist tools that can properly get in and around the implant to give them a much deeper clean than can be achieved at home. This helps to preserve their excellent condition so that they last for years to come. You will be advised on how often you should attend a professional implant maintenance appointment following your treatment.
Common questions about implant maintenance
If your implants are not properly cleaned by you at home and by a professional hygienist, just like with normal teeth, plaque can start to build up around it and an infection can develop. In some cases, this infection can cause the implant to fail, therefore resulting in it needing to be removed.
Dental implants don’t really require any additional care then your normal teeth. As with natural teeth, they simply need brushing twice a day, flossing, the use of a good mouthwash and an appointment with your hygienist every so often.
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