How to maintain dental implants

Artificial dental implants are becoming more and more accepted as a new restorative option. However, people often only see the advantages of dental implants, but ignore the maintenance of dental implants. The health care of dental implants is largely dependent on you, you need to insist on the cleanliness of your mouth, especially the dental implants, and you should follow up in time after finding the problem. The actual fact is that you will need to know about the health care of your dental implants. Dental implants have a relationship with the periodontium similar to that of natural teeth. The gingival area of the implant is tightly bonded to the gingival epithelium to prevent various sources of infection in the mouth from entering the interface between the implant and the jawbone, thus maintaining the long-term fluctuation of the implant. The biological destructive effects of bacteria, toxins, etc. on the gum-implant bond and the mechanical destructive effects of the dental implant when subjected to forces will not have an indirect effect on the life of the dental implant. Therefore, the implant should be reviewed regularly in the hospital and special implant cleaning should be performed around the implant to ensure the wellbeing of the implant, while the surrounding natural teeth should also be routinely cleaned. In order to maintain the normal function of the mouth and jaw system, the dental implant should be coordinated with the natural teeth in the mouth, however, the wear rate of the dental implant and the natural teeth are different, the dental implant is more wear-resistant than the natural teeth, and over time, the dental implant will be relatively higher than the surrounding natural teeth, and the dental implant will contact first when chewing, often causing occlusal trauma due to overload. In addition, the natural teeth have always had the movement in the direction of the front and toward the occlusal surface, while the dental implants lack the driving force of these two directional movements. Therefore, it is necessary to go to the hospital regularly to adjust the treatment in order to comply with the changing occlusal relationship. Dental implants are composed of several parts like natural teeth, but the parts of natural teeth are organically bonded together, while dental implants are generally articulated by screws or adhesives. The mechanical articulation is limited by fatigue life and mechanical function, which can lead to loosening of the articulated parts of the dental implant. The implants may also loosen due to the bonding or aging. It is important to pay attention to the loosening of the dental implants and to detect and review them as early as possible. It is important to clean the dental implants well to maintain their health. The best thing to do is to brush your dentures regularly after breakfast and dinner. The most important thing is that after dinner, the amount of saliva secretion decreases during sleep and the self-cleaning effect of the mouth is poor, so it is especially important to adhere to oral hygiene. In addition, it is advisable to use a soft bristle brush when brushing the dental implants.