Do dental implants require the same maintenance as natural teeth? Yes. In fact, not only do dental implants require the same maintenance as natural teeth, but they actually require more. The reason dental implants require the same amount if not more maintenance as regular teeth do is because they are very similar to regular teeth. Dental implants are modeled after natural teeth roots — the titanium rod or screw of the dental implant is literally implanted in the patient’s jaw just like a regular tooth root grows. Then a dental cap is attached to the top of this rod or screw, just like a regular tooth is attached to its natural root. Thus, there are the same worries of plaque and food particles getting stuck under and around the dental implant and cap as there are of food particles and plaque get stuck under and around a regular tooth and its root.
However, dental implants require a bit more than just simple flossing and brushing like regular teeth do. Because dental implants required surgery to be implanted in a patient’s mouth, there is a much greater risk of infection underneath the gum line. Because of this risk, a person with dental implants should go to their dental implant specialist for regular check ups to make sure that the area around their implants is healing properly and that no infection has taken root there.
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