To extend the service life of dental implants, it is recommended that you start from the following points:
1. Avoid biting hard and tough objects
Due to the direct contact and combination of the implant and the bone, there is no protective effect of the periodontal membrane of natural teeth in terms of buffering and force feedback. Excessive bite force and poor lateral force will lead to the absorption of alveolar bone. Therefore, when using dental implants for the first time, it is necessary to transition from soft to harder food and gradually load. In the future, you should also avoid biting hard objects and foods with particularly high toughness. If you find any abnormalities during use, such as the implant is accidentally hit by external force, the implant is loose, the gums are red, painful, and bleeding when brushing teeth, you should seek medical attention in time.
2. Keep our oral hygiene clean
If oral hygiene is not done well, it is very likely to cause bacterial accumulation, gum and implant peri-inflammation, and cause the implant of our dental implant to fall off. Therefore, we should brush our teeth carefully and use plastic probes to clean the adjacent surfaces or base piles. Normally, we can use a soft-bristled toothbrush and micro-abrasive toothpaste to carefully clean the teeth. The adjacent surfaces and dead corners that cannot be brushed can be cleaned with dental floss, interdental brushes or toothpicks.
3. Regular inspection and fixation
The various structures of dental implants are connected by screws or adhesives. Mechanical connections are limited by fatigue life and mechanical properties, which can easily loosen the various connecting parts of dental implants; adhesive connections can loosen the restoration due to loosening or aging of adhesives. Loosening of parts and alveolar bone absorption are often manifestations of implant overload. Patients need to go to the hospital in time to adjust the bite and re-fix the dental implants. The most likely problems after dental implant restoration are within 3 months to half a year, mainly bone remodeling problems. Therefore, timely follow-up visits should be made in 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months, and problems should be dealt with in time.
Everyone should pay special attention to the fact that smoking has a direct causal relationship with oral hygiene and reduced periodontal attachment. It can also reduce the body's ability to resist infection, affect the microecological environment in the oral cavity, reduce calcium absorption, and cause bone loss. Therefore, smoking has always been considered one of the risk factors that affect the long-term prognosis of dental implants. Patients with smoking habits should try to quit smoking and maintain oral hygiene to improve the long-term success rate of dental implants and extend the life of dental implants. To extend the service life of dental implants, we need to maintain normal oral hygiene, avoid biting hard objects, and have regular fixed checkups. Only in this way can they be effectively used for a longer period of time.
