2019 Hacks to Keep Your Oral Health In Tiptop Condition While on Vacation
What are your plans this summer? Are you going to cooler places with the fambam, taking full advantage of the scorching heat by hitting the beach with the gang, or exploring new, foreign places with the best company ever—yourself?
Regardless of your travel plans, maintaining a healthy mouth should never take a backseat. Because what’s worse than going home from a vacation with mouth sores and a heavily damaged set of teeth? And because we at Beduya Dental would love for you to enjoy your vacation to your heart’s content (without having to worry about if you’re putting your oral health at risk), we’ve listed down useful dental hacks for you.
- Put all your mouth care stuff in one pouch. One thing you never want to be caught without is your own set of oral care products. To make sure you never miss a single item, put them all in one pouch. If you can, get a pouch that you write on, so you can list all of its content on the outside and make sure that you never forget anything. You can also do this technique to pack your skin care and other personal hygiene products. That way, you only need to pull out the pouch that you need from your bag and not have to worry about mixing things up.
- Get travel size products and containers. This one is a common knowledge for well-traveled individuals, but we feel the need to mention it here for everyone else. This is a good hack for a number of reasons, but most importantly, products that come in travel size are easier to carry around and manage.
- Water with salt every time. Don’t want to bring a bottle of mouthwash with you? Mix ½ teaspoon of salt with one cup of warm water to rinse your mouth in the morning and at night. Believe us when we say it works just as well. Oh, and if you happen to extend your trip and run out of toothpaste, you can use salt as a substitute too!
- We can’t emphasize the importance of flossing, especially during vacation when one tends to eat more. Bring your floss with you and be sure to do it twice a day, to make sure there are no nasties hiding in between your teeth.
- Bring a pain killer. The thing about tooth pain is that you’ll never know when it will attack, so the best way to deal with it—especially while on vacation—is to be prepared. Bring a couple pieces of dentist-approved pain killer so you can keep enjoying your trip even if pain comes. But be sure to have your teeth checked by your dentist when you get back home.
In addition, it’s also a good idea to do research on duly-licensed dentists and dental clinics where you’re headed to just in case you run into an accident. You might also want to check if they are accredited by your HMO policy—just for that extra assurance.
The things listed above are general things to remember. If you can manage to, it’s still better if you drop by your dentist before you go on a holiday for care instructions specific to your case. And if you don’t have a regular dentist yet, remember that you can always contact us at (02) 354-5388 to set up an appointment.
