Surf’s up!

Every year, surfing and stand-up paddleboarding become more popular. In fact, it’s getting pretty crowded out there among the waves on Bournemouth beach and Boscombe Reef. As the number of surfboards and paddleboards increase, so do your chances of getting smacked in the mouth by one, either your own or someone else’s.

Emergency Dentists in BournemouthSuppose you do get a board in the chops and you suddenly have a mouthful of blood and your own teeth, will you know what to do, or how to find an emergency dentist in Bournemouth?

Planning a holiday abroad usually involves accident insurance and your package tour rep will know all about hospitals and dentists, but people rarely think about such things when they are holidaying in the UK.

But when it comes to dental emergencies, it isn’t simply a matter of calling 999 or going to the local A&E; you need to find an emergency dentist in Bournemouth and that may not be so easy if you are shaking and spitting blood after colliding with a board. Far better to have the number of an emergency dentist in Bournemouth already in your phone, so why put in ours?

Hannah and her team at Queens Park Dental Team in Bournemouth have seen their fair share of knocked out teeth, and if you can get your teeth to the team within two hours of the collision, you stand a pretty good chance of having them successfully reinserted.

Be prepared!

Along with your sunscreen, you should take a knocked-out tooth kit. This will help you get any teeth to the dentist in the right condition. If you are taking a cool bag, put in a jar with some milk in it. You can then put any knocked out teeth into the milk. Saliva is the perfect liquid to store teeth in, but if you can’t keep your teeth in your mouth, put them in milk. On no account, store them in tap water. It will kill the fibres around the tooth. Neither should you leave the tooth out of liquid as drying will also render it ‘un-put-backable’.

Of course, if you are a regular boarder, the best thing to do is a get a mouth guard.