After Dental Implant Surgery

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After Dental Implant Surgery in South Ogden & Kaysville, UT

The prospect of recovering from dental implant surgery can be daunting. This is an understandable worry. To ease your mind and empower successful dental implant surgery results, Cassity Implants and Periodontics in South Ogden and Kaysville, UT, is here to serve as your guide to post-dental implant care.
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The Importance of Post-Dental Implant Care

The weeks that follow dental implant surgery are critical. During this time, the mouth is not fully healed, leaving you more vulnerable to complications. Fortunately, adverse reactions and prolonged discomfort can be mitigated with the proper post-dental implant care regimen, accelerating your path toward a healthy, comfortable, and confident smile.
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Effective Dental Implant Aftercare

At Cassity Implants and Periodontics, we want our patients to feel comfortable and stress-free. This is especially true when it comes to dental implant surgery, as worrying only makes the process harder. To encourage a seamless experience, minimize recovery time, and maintain your oral health, let's explore the most effective dental implant aftercare practices.
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What to Expect Right After Dental Implant Surgery

Dental implant aftercare begins the moment the procedure concludes. Start by ensuring you have plenty of gauze on hand as post-procedure bleeding is expected. You may roll or fold the gauze, place it over the extraction site, and bite down, ensuring continuous pressure for 30 to 40 minutes, repeating the process until the bleeding stops.

Managing Pain After Dental Implant Surgery

Whether you were given a prescription pain medication or are using over-the-counter painkillers, be sure to have your pain reliever ready to go. As the anesthesia begins to wear off, take the medicine as directed. We also advise patients to remain sitting up and apply cold compresses to their cheek to combat swelling.

Maintain Your Oral
Health Routine

Despite the tenderness associated with post-dental implant surgery, maintaining your oral health routine is paramount. Rinse your mouth gently with warm water or saltwater to flush out any excess blood before gently brushing and flossing your teeth as you normally would.

Post-Dental Implant Surgery Dietary Guidelines

A blood clot will begin to form in the early days of dental implant surgery recovery to protect the empty socket. To avoid dislodging the clot and disrupting the healing process, refrain from tobacco products, straws, and hard foods. Stick to a soft diet or meal replacement shakes and prioritize plenty of fluids and nutrients.

Physical Activity
Limitations

If you are an avid fitness enthusiast, dental implant surgery may disrupt your schedule. To minimize bleeding and safeguard the formation of the protective blood clot, it’s important to keep physical activity to a minimum in the days following surgery.

Wearing Your Prosthesis Following Dental Implant Surgery

You may be provided with a prosthesis following your surgery. This oral appliance should only be worn as directed by our team at Cassity Implants and Periodontics. If you experience discomfort while wearing your prosthesis, refrain from using it until you get further along in your healing process.

Post-Dental Implant Care for Long-Term Success

The after dental implant care continues long after recovery concludes. To promote sustainable success, it’s imperative to adopt a diligent implant care regimen, including:

  • Brush twice and floss at least once daily
  • Rinse your mouth following meals
  • Make sure you attend routine check-ups and follow-up visits
  • Wear a mouthguard to mitigate damage caused by teeth-grinding

Signs of Successful Dental Implant Surgery Recovery

Several key characteristics demonstrate proper recovery. To ensure you are on the right track, look out for indicators of dental implant surgery success, including:

  • Minimal discomfort within days of treatment
  • No symptoms of infection or bleeding
  • Limited to no swelling within the first week

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After Dental Implant Surgery in South Ogden and Kaysville, UT

While prevention is always the ideal option when it comes to dental surgery, sometimes life happens and, due to illness, injury, or error, you might find yourself with the need for a dental implant following a tooth extraction. When this happens, many patients are quite concerned with the dental implant surgery process. This is an understandable worry! At Cassity & Legacy Implants and Periodontics, we want our patients to feel comfortable and stress free. That is especially true when it comes to dental implant surgery, as worrying only makes the process harder. There are some simple steps you can follow after surgery to minimize recovery time and help keep your oral health on the right track.
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Right After Surgery

Right after your dental implant surgery, you will need someone to drive you home. The first thing to do, then, is to ensure that you have a driver lined up! After that, it is time to think about how you can best care for your mouth in order to ensure that the healing process continues uninterrupted. First of all, expect some bleeding after the procedure is complete. This is normal. In order to help stem the blood flow, make sure you have plenty of clean gauze on hand. Roll or fold some gauze into a stack, and gently place it directly over the extraction site. Bite down and apply continuous pressure for 30 to 45 minutes without interruption. Gently remove the gauze at this point in time, and see how the bleeding is doing. If necessary, apply clean gauze and repeat the process a few more times.

Each time you perform the above, you should notice a decrease in bleeding. If you are still heavily bleeding after applying pressure and replacing the gauze four or five times, call our office for more help. Additionally, help minimize your chances of heavy bleeding by avoiding vigorous activity or exercise.

Once the bleeding stops, it is important to allow the blood clot to fully form over the extraction site as the clot helps promote healing and protects your socket. To this end, do not use a straw or smoke for several days after the surgery to avoid creating suction that might dislodge the blood clot. You should also avoid warm beverages and food as they could dissolve the clot and take you back to square one.

Whether you were given a prescription pain medication or are using OTC painkillers, have your pain reliever ready to go. As soon as the anesthesia begins to wear off, start taking the medicine as directed. Consider sitting up rather than lying down and applying cold compresses to your face over the affected area in order to avoid swelling.

Make sure you maintain your oral health routine. Rinse your mouth gently with warm water or saltwater to help clean out any excess blood, and gently brush and floss your teeth as normal.

Finally, remember to take in plenty of fluid and nutrients. Consider meal replacement shakes if you cannot eat solid foods.

If you'd like to learn more about or have more questions about dental implants, check out our Dental Implant FAQs page.

For more information or clarification, give Cassity & Legacy Implants and Periodontics a call today at call us at South Ogden: 385-835-3630 or Kaysville: 385-786-9652!