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Dental implant surgery is one of the best ways to replace a missing or damaged tooth. The treatment also has high success rates. However, the risk of dental implant complications is not zero. The complications can prolong your healing or cause implant failure. Below are some tips to help you avoid such complications. 

Follow Your Dentist's Instructions

Your dentist will instruct you on how to care for your dental implant. For example, the dentist may advise you to avoid certain foods on the days following your implant surgery. Crunchy foods, for example, can destabilize your implant and delay or prevent healing. Follow the dentist's instructions to the latter.

Observe Good Oral Hygiene

Good oral hygiene is necessary for everyone, but it is even more crucial for dental implant patients. Maintain good oral hygiene both during and after your recovery. Good oral hygiene during recovery prevents infections that might prevent the implant from integrating with your natural tissues. Good oral hygiene post recovery helps to preserve your natural tissue's integrity.

The main thing here is to floss at least once a day and brush your teeth twice a day. In addition, limit sugary sweets, rinse your mouth with water after snacking, and get regular dental cleaning from the dentist.

Limit Tobacco Use

Like oral hygiene, tobacco avoidance is helpful during and after implant surgery recovery. For one, tobacco increases the healing period and the risk of implant treatment failure. Ideally, you should stop smoking forever for your oral and overall health. At the very least, you should not smoke in the weeks before and after your surgery.

Avoid Poor Oral Habits

Damaging oral habits that harm your teeth can also affect your dental implant. Such habits include teeth grinding, nail biting, ice chewing, and excessive brushing. Such habits exert excessive pressure on your implants and destabilize them. Your dentist can help you manage such habits.

Manage Systematic Diseases

Diseases from other body parts can also affect your dental implant success. The effects are some of the reasons your dentist will evaluate your medical history during implant treatment screening. For example, uncontrolled diabetes increases the risk of dental implant complications. Control such diseases for both your overall and oral health's sake.

Hopefully, the tips above will help you enjoy your dental implant for many years. Remember to attend all your dental appointments. Your dentist will examine your implant during your appointments and make the necessary interventions to preserve its integrity.