Initial Maintenance Steps of implants
It is very essential, that from the beginning of the patient interaction regarding the implant therapy, through the diagnosis and planning stages and then the treatment stage, some time included for counseling the patient to sensilizing them about the need of meticulous oral hygiene maintenance procedures. In general, in dental office, procedures for maintenance of patients with implants are similar to those with natural teeth with three differences.
1) Special instruments that will not scratch the implants are used for calculus removal on the implants.
2) Acidic Fluoride prophylactic agents are avoided.
3) Non abrasive prophy pastes are used.