How to care for a dental implant crown? A detailed guide to daily maintenance

What is a dental implant? It means growing a new tooth where one is missing! Compared with removable dentures and fixed bridge restorations, dental implants last longer, so they are also more popular! Hou Guozhen, a dentist at Guangda Dental, warmly reminds us: "After getting a dental implant, doing the care work is very important, and the crown needs special care."

Dental implant

So, how should you care for the crown of a dental implant? Regular professional oral hygiene care, combined with careful personal daily cleaning, is especially important for the crown of a dental implant. Let us take a look together.

After every meal, clean the crown just as you would brush your other teeth, paying special attention to the area where the gums and teeth meet.

Gaps between teeth

Just like natural teeth, the gaps between teeth easily trap dirt. The crowns of dental implants can be divided into two types: single crowns and multi-unit bridges with several crowns joined together.

If the dental implant uses a single crown, you should use regular dental floss between the teeth, especially every night before bed, so that areas the toothbrush cannot normally clean are thoroughly cleaned.

Cleaning with dental floss

If the dental implant uses a bridge, you should use special dental floss, which can slide between the bridge and the gums.

Like natural teeth, dental implants also develop tartar and plaque, so regular scaling is needed. Scaling for dental implants requires specially made professional stainless steel carbon instruments, so it must be done at a professional dental hospital.

Simply put, caring for a dental implant crown is comparable to caring for natural teeth, though some care may require professional tools. How do you care for your teeth in daily life?