Restored Smile Safety: How to Avoid Dental Implant Failure

Today’s dental implants are highly effective, boasting a ten-year success rate of 98%. It’s to the point that they represent the gold standard of tooth replacement! Still, such prosthetics aren’t perfect; they could fail early if you aren’t careful. You’ll need to give them proper care to ensure they keep working. To that end, here’s a primer on how to avoid dental implant failure and ensure your restored smile lasts a lifetime!

What Causes Dental Implants to Fail?

Many factors can cause dental implants to fail early. The most common ones include:

• Bad Oral Care – While dental implants aren’t “real” teeth, they still need a healthy mouth to work. The posts often loosen and fall out if nearby teeth and gums become weak or infected.
• Poor Implant Placement – If a dentist doesn’t place it well, a dental implant will sometimes fail to fuse with a patient’s jaw. That lack of fusion can then cause it to eventually fall out.
• Accidents & Injuries – Though durable, dental implants have limits to what they can stand. They may fail when accidents or injuries put them under intense pressure.

How Can You Avoid Implant Failure?

Given the points above, there are several ways to keep dental implants from failing. They are the following:

Keep a Clean Mouth

If you want your implants to stay safe, keep your mouth clean. A healthy smile has strong teeth and gums that stabilize nearby implant posts, ensuring they don’t fall out. Getting one is just a matter of brushing your grin twice daily, flossing once daily, and using mouthwash often. Through such habits, you’ll avoid the tooth decay and gum disease that can cause dental implant failure.

Quit Bad Oral Habits

Another way to avoid implant failure is to quit your bad oral habits (if any). After all, smoking tobacco often leads to gum disease – a condition that often makes the posts fail. Habits like biting hard objects (i.e., fingernails, ice cubes, etc.) and teeth grinding can also cause implants to chip or come loose. To ensure your implants last many years, you’ll want to give up such practices.

Get Dental Checkups

The best way to prevent implant failure is to get dental checkups often. When you attend these sessions at least every six months, your dentist can treat oral issues while they’re still small. That ensures your posts don’t face major threats like tooth decay, gum disease, and so on. Instead, your prosthetic teeth will remain strong and stable for many years!

For further details on implant failure, consult your dental provider. You can trust them to share the relevant facts with you!

About the Practice

Cordini Periodontics is based in Louisville, KY. Led by Dr. Franco Cordini, our practice provides specialty dental services that keep your smile whole and safe. These offerings include dental implants, periodontal therapy, sedation work, and even emergency dentistry. As such, you can trust us to help your grin stay fully functional and pain-free. For more details or to book a visit, please contact us on our website or by phone at (502)-425-5010.