What Lifestyle Behaviours Should I Avoid with Dental Implants?
After getting your implants, you need to evaluate your habits. Unfortunately, some of your habits will interfere with the success of your dental implants. Here are some of the behaviours you should avoid or stop so your dental implants can heal fast and last forever.
- Tobacco use
Tobacco use is not only limited to smoking; it also includes chewing and other tobacco products. Avoid these products altogether after dental implant surgery. If you are a smoker, it’s time you quit as the use of tobacco products increases the likelihood of failed dental implants—also, the chemicals in tobacco harm your teeth and gum and result in cavities and gum disease.
- Poor oral hygiene
Poor oral hygiene involves not brushing and flossing your teeth. These are habits that need to be avoided. Like your natural teeth, you need to take care of your implants by brushing and flossing them twice a day.
- Eating sticky foods
After dental implant surgery, you are recommended to eat soft foods such as vegetables for the first few weeks. This is because any jaw movement caused by chewing will interfere with the healing process. Therefore, avoid sticky foods as they require chewing. After your gum and jaw are healed, you can have sticky foods.
- Not visiting the dentist
Most people have a habit of skipping the dentist. However, when you have dental implants, you need to make regular dentist checkups mandatory. During the visits, the dentist will clean your teeth and remove any plaque on them.
- Overindulging in sugar
Sugary foods help to produce bacteria in the mouth. Unfortunately, these bacteria lead to oral problems such as gum disease that causes dental implant failure.
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