A dental implant consists of a screw that is placed in the jawbone and a crown, which looks like a natural tooth and is anchored to the implant. When the screw is placed in the jawbone, it will in most cases integrate with the bone, which heals tightly around the screw. For the treatment to be successful, taking good care of your dental implants is vital. With proper home care and professional maintenance, your new teeth can last for life.
What is a dental implant?
How do I care for my dental implant?
Just like with natural teeth, it’s important to clean all surfaces of the implant. For your daily oral care, we offer regular toothbrushes, floss and interdental brushes, and various specialty brushes. To keep your dental implants healthy for life it’s important to properly clean them every day and see a dental professional regularly.
Brush twice a day with a regular (manual or electric) toothbrush. Often, you will need to complement your toothbrushing with a specialty brush. TePe Universal CareTM has a unique, angled neck that helps reach inside surfaces, TePe Implant Orthodontic Brush™ is great for outside surfaces and TePe Compact TuftTM is great for precision cleaning and hard-to-reach spots.
Cleaning dental implants
See our videos of how to clean your implants.
The inside
Clean the inside of your implants with TePe Universal Care™.
The sides
Clean between your implants and under the construction with TePe Interdental Brushes.
Around the implant
Clean around your dental implants with TePe Bridge & Implant Floss™.
Can inflammation around implants occur?
If dental plaque builds up around implants, gums will become inflamed rather quickly. This inflammation is called peri-implant mucositis and is very common. The inflammation must be attended to quickly before progressing deeper into the gums. If the inflammation progresses, there can also be bone-loss around implants, called periimplantitis.