If you’ve heard about dental implants, you probably know about their remarkably high success rate. Namely, over 95% of them successfully restore patient smiles for years at a time (often decades). However, you may not know precisely why this dental treatment works so well.

There are several reasons behind implants’ effectiveness. To see for yourself, read about these five factors in dental implant success!

If you’re about to have dental implant surgery, you’re probably pretty eager to get your new replacement teeth. You may even have plans to ‘break them in’ following the process. After all, they’ll improve your smile’s looks and give you the confidence to live as you did before tooth loss.

Not so fast, though: assuming you want to keep your implants for the long haul, you’ll need to avoid certain things during your post-treatment recovery. Specifically, here are five things you shouldn’t do until your dentist gives the go-ahead.