When you are on your journey to straight teeth, you will probably at some point go camping. Here are a couple tips for maintaining your orthodontic schedule:
1. Even though it is easy to forget to and to put off, brush your teeth! If there aren’t any bathrooms you can still use a water bottle or something. Find a way! Also don't forget to floss.
2. For things like headgear and retainers and bite planes one option is to just wear them at night so that way there is no danger of losing them. This is especially a danger if you are hiking or swimming.
3. If you bring those appliances, make sure to bring hard plastic cases for each of them. Make sure to keep those cases inside your backpack or suitcase and also make sure to put them back inside it when you take off your equipment to eat etc.
4. We recommend bringing your retainers if you just got your braces off because, depending on how long you are camping, not wearing them can potentially give time for your teeth to go back to the way they were before braces.
As we have expressed in previous posts, do not let your braces or headgear etc get in the way of you having fun! If you really feel like your gear with be in the way or you might lose it, don’t bring it! A couple of days without them is better then losing hundreds of dollars worth of orthodontic equipment!
-Amanda and Erik
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