Very rarely does an individual’s body reject an implant. The jawbone usually readily accepts the dental implant. The very few rejections are due to rare allergies to the titanium alloy that make up the implant. Another reason why an implant could fail is if you don’t take proper care of it after your surgery. Without excellent oral hygiene, natural teeth fail and fall out eventually. Dental implants are no different. When you take good care of your teeth and your implants, it will help prevent gum disease and failure of the implants later on.

First, you shouldn’t smoke. Smoking complicates healing of the implant site, which makes the dental implant structure weak over time. Therefore, you should not smoke or chew tobacco.
Also, don’t apply any heat to your face as it could increase swelling.
Don’t use straws. Doing so places pressure on your mouth that could dislodge the blood clot that’s keeping the wound closed, cause more bleeding and delay healing.

The average implant process occurs in multiple steps. You may require more than one healing stage. So, there’s a varied healing period, depending on your health, surface chemistry of the implant used, how many teeth you need replacing and other factors. However, the healing process generally takes anywhere from six to 12 weeks.

Dental implants can last a lifetime if you take care of them properly by regularly brushing, flossing and consistently attending to your scheduled professional oral hygiene & supportive therapy by your implant specialist.

You can’t remove dental implants because they’re fixed right into your bone, replacing your teeth in a way that’s closest to your natural teeth.

The dentist places dental implants in your jaw by making precise holes in your bone so that they fit snuggly. They do this where your teeth are missing but where you have adequate bone to hold the dental implants. In some cases, it’s possible for them to place dental implants on the same day your dentist extracts your teeth. Typically, however, it takes around 3-6 months of healing before you can have your implant placed.

Most of metal detectors used at airports work by creating an electromagnetic field, which sets off an alarm when it detects any nearby magnetic metals. In most cases, modern dental implants are primarily made from titanium, a non-magnetic metal. So, titanium dental implants should rarely trigger metal detectors.
However, not all dental implants are made from titanium. Zirconia is becoming increasingly popular (ceramic implants), especially with patients who have allergies or sensitivities to metal. While zirconia contains trace amounts of metal, it’s not enough to set off most metal detectors.
These days, many airports use full-body scanners rather than traditional metal detectors. These systems tend to use either radio waves or low-level radiation, similar to X-rays. Airports in different parts of the world may have different security standards. They might have more advanced metal detectors that will sound an alarm when they sense dental implants.
However, you should be able to get through security fairly easily as long as you calmly explain the reason why you have the implants and cooperate with the rest of the screening process.
After all, millions of people have replaced their teeth in this way, and it’s rarely a legitimate reason to put someone through additional screening.