How do I take care of my immediate dental implants?

Doctor's Answer

Don't smoke, not even a single stick. Secondly, keep meticulous oral hygiene.

But having said that, don't over brush the area because if you overbrush the surgical site, it can destroy or disturb the wound.

When you have a wound, you want to be very gentle when brushing around the area of the surgery but still you need to brush to keep good oral hygiene.

Thirdly, take all of your medication religiously: all the antibiotics, antiseptic mouth rinse, sometimes even prescribed probiotics. All these will help and aid healing.

Lastly, please do not bite the implant. don't stress the implant with any kind of biting forces, don't load the implant with any kind of pressure. leave it alone, literally zero loads, zero pressure.

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