Abstract: Artificial dental implant restoration has become the mainstream technology for repairing dentition defects and losses. Its long-term success rate is closely related to the standardized maintenance of dental implant supported dentures. One of the main tasks of the oral hygiene and health care major and the national occupation of oral hygiene technicians, which were proposed and established by the author, is the maintenance of oral hygiene and health care after artificial dental implant restoration. This has played a significant role in ensuring the long-term success rate of dental implant supported dentures and has also promoted the training of relevant talents in the field of dental implant maintenance. Under the guidance of the Chinese Stomatological Association, the first group standard for ‘Care and maintenance guidelines of the implant supported denture’ at home was specially formulated, which also standardized dental implant supported dentures maintenance. According to the determination of the maintenance practice scope of dental implants by the new national occupation of oral hygiene and health care and oral hygiene technicians, as well as the requirements of the ‘Care and maintenance guidelines of the implant supported denture’, this paper focuses on analyzing the current status and problems of oral implant maintenance, the necessity and relevant contents of standardized dental implant maintenance, and the role positioning of oral hygiene technicians. It discusses from aspects such as patient self-maintenance, standardized professional maintenance content, and talent system construction and training, providing references for promoting the standardization of dental implant maintenance, improving the quality of clinical dental implant maintenance, and extending the service life of dental implants. It also provides references for the construction and development of the oral hygiene and health care major in China.

Key words: dental implant-supported dentures, standardized maintenance, self-maintenance, professional maintenance, oral hygiene technician