Dental Implants Aftercare

Dental Implants Aftercare

Dental Implants Aftercare:

• Eating: Avoid any excessive pressure onto the teeth implants/dressing area. This is very important.  You should only eat soft nutritious food for two weeks. Avoid hard sticky foods. Maintain a soft, high  protein diet. 

• Avoid pushing your tongue near the dental implant area. 

• Medication: Take antibiotics and pain relieving pills as prescribed. Finish the course of antibiotics. If  you have a reaction to the medication, please contact us. Only take pain medications when needed.

• Hygiene: Avoid brushing the area with the dressing and dental implant. Don’t rinse for one week  after the surgery, after one week you can start rinsing with Medicated Mouthwash twice a day. This  keeps the teeth implant area clean and undisturbed. 

• Exercise: Avoid physical exertion (i.e. sports, heavy lifting etc). This can cause bleeding around the  dental implant.  

• Alcohol: Avoid alcohol for 2 weeks as this can affect the healing of the tissues around the dental  implant. 

• Smoking: Avoid smoking for 3 days before treatment and 2 weeks after as this will also slow down  the healing process around the teeth implant. 

• Food & Drink: Avoid very hot drinks and spicy/acidic foods. Do not eat hard crusty foods as this can  cause more pressure on the implant. 

• Do not use a toothpick or touch the dental implant area with your tongue.  

• Ice packs: A cold icepack should be applied externally over the teeth implant treated area as much  as possible for the first three days. This helps reduce swelling. 

• If you currently wear a denture, we may modify the denture to fit over the implants.  The denture will be loose.  The loose denture will protect the gums and implants.