The implant recovery abutment should be lightly wiped clean with a gentle brush and toothpaste. If you choose to use an electric-powered toothbrush, flip the motor off while cleansing the uncovered recovery abutment because the vibrations might not facilitate implant recovery. You can mouth rinse or use any toothpaste.

How is the abutment connected to the implant?
To place the abutment, the surgeon will reopen your gum to expose the dental implant. He or she can connect the abutment that closes your gum tissue around it.

What has to be consumed after abutment healing?
Some meals encouraged after implant surgical operation are boiled or mashed potatoes, tender culmination like bananas, peaches or melons, macaroni and cheese, soup, eggs, pudding, applesauce, and cakes without nuts or seeds.

How do you deal with an abutment?
You do not have to wash or wipe with pressure, meals and plaque will come away easily. Continue to rinse with salt water during the whole day. You may also lightly brush the restoration abutment while sweeping your teeth. You do not have to brush harshly as you may harm the gum tissue and implant.

What is the right manner to clean dental implants?

• Clean at least two times an afternoon with a soft-bristle toothbrush.
• A low-abrasive toothpaste should be used.
• Brush beneath and across the implant crown.
• Use nylon-lined interdental brush to clean hard-to-attain places.
• Floss each day with unwaxed tape or implant-precise floss.
• An advocated oral irrigator should be used.

Do implants require special cleaning? 
There is no special way to clean an implant and it must be cared for in the same way as a natural tooth. Great oral hygiene is essential to prevent bacteria from generation around implants.

How to brush the healing abutments? 
Be as gentle as possible while brushing your teeth. You do not have to brush the restoration abutment for the primary week. Use the PeridexTM rinse to clean the implant area as directed, twice daily.

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