title: Implant maintenance: is there an ideal approach?
abstract: For most patients, choosing to replace teeth with dental implants, whether it is a single tooth, several teeth, or to anchor a denture, is a significant investment, both physically and financially. Home maintenance is paramount to achieving a long-lasting, optimally functional, and comfortable prosthetic solution. While a standard of care for implant maintenance based on available research specific to implants has yet to be established, there are effective means and strategies for patients to clean the areas under and around implants and various prosthetic replacements.
authors.affiliation: Water Pik, Inc., Morris Plains, New Jersey, USA.
authors.forename: Deborah M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Lyle
mesh_terms: D015921:Dental Implants; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D019232:Dental Restoration Failure; D006801:Humans; D009042:Motivation; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010349:Patient Compliance; D018579:Patient Selection
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants