Do’s And Don’ts for Patients before and after an Implant Surgery

Dental implants seem to be a standard solution for many persons who are facing tooth removal. There are multiple benefits of dental implants over other conventional teeth replacement options. Patients who are considering dental implants do so because they understand that implants are designed to look, feel and function more like their natural teeth. However, maintaining your dental implants is critical to ensuring you get the maximum value and results of your implants in the long run. We advise you carefully consider some of these dos and don’ts after your dental implant procedure.

Let’s see what the patient shouldn’t do before the implant surgery

 

- If a sedation is planned for your surgery, please don't eat& drink from 6 hours before up to the time of the surgery

- If the dentist instructs you to take an antibiotic prophylactic antibiotic, please don't forget to take them around an hour before the surgery, if you are sedated, 6 hours before the surgery. In case you are aware to be allergic against PENCILLIN please mention it to him

- Please try to avoid drinking alcohol the day before the surgery, it might affect the effect of anesthesia.

- Do not delay if possible your implant procedure: Keep in mind that the longer a patient misses a tooth, the risk of bone loss is greater. Dental implants would prevent the bone loss by attaching with the bone. This is a great reason why not to postpone this treatment.

- Most of the patients are more afraid of the post-operative part of the treatment.

Do’s after the implant surgery procedure:

 

Keep following all the instruction given by the dental professional. He knows the best how the patient can recover properly from the dental implant treatment.

- Take a break and rest the day of your dental implant intervention. Finally, the body needs to recover. Some patients may want to go to the gym or play sports but this may cause bleeding or throbbing during the exercising. Patients should be also aware that bending, lifting or other dynamic activity can lead to increased pain, swelling, and bleeding. Another good advice is to keep the head propped with two or three pillows to produce better blood flow to the head and at the same time to reduce swelling of the face and mouth.

- Keep ice packs on the targeted part of the face in order to reduce swelling. Most of the dental implantologists will advise to keep the ice 15 minutes on and 15 minutes off.

- Take the pain medication immediately after the dentist instructs even if the patient doesn’t feel any kind of pain. It is simpler to prevent the pain than to treat once it starts.

- Eat soft foods when the bleeding stops. Try to consume liquids and soft food the first two days after the implant intervention. This includes yogurts, soups, mashed potatoes and etc. This way the patient will heal faster and at the same time, he will have more energy.

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