Thank you for choosing Implant & Cosmetics Solutions as your dental clinic in Costa Rica. Now that you have your treatment done, we have to offer you all our help to take care of your treatment. Here below you will find a list of after care instructions for your dental treatment, such as cleaning instructions, recommended dental products and a lot of other great tips to take care of your current rehabilitation. Remember that once a year control with deep cleaning and x-rays is highly recommended for all the treatments.

Dental Implants

After Surgery indications

1.First day: It is important keep eating soft and cold food as ICE CREAM, JELLY OR YOGURT. Please don't spit, rinse or wash your mouth to avoid bleeding.
2.Second day: You can start eating soft at room temperature. You can start rinsing your mouth.
3.Third day: The pain can be as strong as the first day, the inflamation can be worst than the second day. The inflamation will decrease after 5 days.
4.Now you can expect soreness for 1 or 2 weeks more, the stitches will dissolve by themselves, it can take even 3 months but not worry it will dissolve.
ACT NOW SITUATIONS! If inflamation or bledding continue more than 2 weeks or if dissapear and reapper in weeks or months after the procedure. The protocol is take the extra antibiotic prescribe after the surgery and if the problem persist you will need to contact a local surgeon.

Root Canal Therapy

After Care Instructions

Usually soreness is expected 3 days after the procedure, pain to the bite is normal for 2 weeks. If some medications are prescribed you MUST take it. Remember that the pain can dissapear and you can start to feel perfectly normal but the problem is that if some antibiotics are prescribed is because the doctor need a systemic clearance of the bacteria in the surounding tissues and this way make the prognosis in long term way better.

Crowns and bridges

After Care Instructions

A dental crown is so much easier to keep clean than a bridge so I will start explaining how can you take care of your crowns and then explain in detail how can you take care of your bridge.
Crown Take Care Instructions
1. Brush your teeth and your crowns as well.
2. Use dental floss or a waterpik.

Dentures

After Care Instructions

Oral Surgery and Periodontical Surgery

After Care Instructions

Orthodontics

After Care Instructions