Mouthwash for implants

LandM1

Can anyone recommend a good mouthwash and toothpaste for looking after implants? Thanks. 

brook2jack2

Mouthwash will not get into the nooks and crannies around an implant and no toothpaste is better than any other providing it has fluoride in it to protect your other teeth. It is much more important to use the interdental brushes etc that you were shown to use when you had your implants placed. 

reynoldnicholson

Use diluted (1/2 Listerine & ½ water) Listerine mouthwash to rinse with for the first 3 days, then on the 4th day, switch to the Chlorhexidine rinse full strength 2 times a day; once after breakfast, when you have brushed and flossed your other teeth and once at bedtime

brook2jack2

Most mouthwash is classified as cosmetic because there is no real evidence that it has any clinical benefit and listerine certainly comes into that category. 

Chlorhexidine has benefits but should only be used for a very short time and on your dentists advice as 
a it stains
b there is evidence that bacteria can become resistant to it , so the more you use it the less effective it is 
c there is a growing problem with people becoming allergic to it. 

In addition any mouthwash interacts with toothpaste so if you use mouthwash within two hours of brushing your teeth it negates the impact of both the mouthwash and toothpaste ie you are rinsing out all the fluoride protection the toothpaste gives you . 

Unless your dentist has prescribed a mouthwash for you do not use it , save your money . There is no clinical benefit and in fact a lot of disadvantages to using it. The mouthwash manufacturers advertising is a miracle of style over substance and many mouthwash ads have been brought in front of the asa for false or exaggerated claims.

Gers

brook2jack2 said:

Most mouthwash is classified as cosmetic because there is no real evidence that it has any clinical benefit and listerine certainly comes into that category. 

Chlorhexidine has benefits but should only be used for a very short time and on your dentists advice as 
a it stains
b there is evidence that bacteria can become resistant to it , so the more you use it the less effective it is 
c there is a growing problem with people becoming allergic to it. 

In addition any mouthwash interacts with toothpaste so if you use mouthwash within two hours of brushing your teeth it negates the impact of both the mouthwash and toothpaste ie you are rinsing out all the fluoride protection the toothpaste gives you . 

Unless your dentist has prescribed a mouthwash for you do not use it , save your money . There is no clinical benefit and in fact a lot of disadvantages to using it. The mouthwash manufacturers advertising is a miracle of style over substance and many mouthwash ads have been brought in front of the asa for false or exaggerated claims.

Thanks so much for this explanation - it all makes sense. 

I stopped rinising my mouth after brushing my teeth years ago as I reckoned I was washing away the fluoride.  Mouth wash is just rinsing with expensive water.

brook2jack2

Indeed current teaching , when brushing your teeth, is spit , don't rinse . Otherwise all the fluoride goes down the plug hole not on your teeth.