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ʻO ke Ao Kupanaha o ko Kākou Waha: E Aʻo Kākou e pili ana i nā Mea āu i ʻIke ʻole ai (Oral Cavity)

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ʻO ke Ao Kupanaha o ko Kākou Waha: E Aʻo Kākou e pili ana i nā Mea āu i ʻIke ʻole ai (Oral Cavity)
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ʻEhia mau manawa i ka lā a kākou e hoʻohana ai i ko kākou waha? E noʻonoʻo wale... ʻaʻole hiki iā kākou ke hana i kēia mau mea a pau me ka ʻole o ko kākou waha. Akā, ua noʻonoʻo maoli anei kākou i nā mea o loko o kēia waha, pehea e hana ai, a pehea e mālama ai i kona olakino? ʻO ia ka mea a kākou e kamaʻilio ai i kēia lā. E nānā pono kākou i kēia ʻāpana koʻikoʻi loa o ko kākou kino, e like me ka hoaaloha.

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He aha ka waha? He aha kāna mau hana nui?

I ka ʻōlelo maʻalahi, he puka ʻano oval ka waha ma lalo o ko kākou ihu. Hoʻomaka ia ma nā lehelehe a hoʻopau i nā tonsils ma ka puʻu. ʻO ko kākou waha ka hoʻomaka o ka ʻōnaehana hoʻoheheʻe ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, a he ʻāpana o ka ʻōnaehana hanu ma kekahi ʻaoʻao.

ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole he mea liʻiliʻi ka hana a ka waha. E nānā i kēia mau mea.

  • Ka hanu ʻana: Hiki iā mākou ke lawe i ka ea i loko o ko mākou mau māmā ma o ko mākou ihu a me ko mākou puʻu.
  • ʻŌlelo: Hiki ke hoʻokumu ʻia nā huaʻōlelo a me nā leo me ka hoʻohana ʻole ʻana i ka waha.
  • Nau ʻana: ʻO nā niho i loko o ka waha e wāwahi i ka meaʻai i mau ʻāpana liʻiliʻi e maʻalahi ai ka ʻeli ʻana.
  • Ka hoʻāʻo ʻana: Hoʻāʻo kākou i ka meaʻai ma o nā ʻōpuʻu ʻono ma ko kākou alelo.
  • Ke ale ʻana: Kōkua ke alelo a me nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ka waha i ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana i ka meaʻai i nau ʻia i lalo o ka puʻu.
  • Mea ʻAi a me Mea Inu: ʻAʻole pono kēia e ʻōlelo ʻia.

Ka pilina o ka waha me ka ʻōnaehana hoʻoheheʻe

Hoʻomaka ke kaʻina hana o ka ʻeli ʻana i ka meaʻai a mākou e ʻai ai ma ko mākou waha, ʻaʻole ma kahi ʻē aʻe. Ke nau mākou i kā mākou meaʻai, hana nā kelepa salivary i loko o ko mākou waha i ka saliva. Hoʻomaka nā enzymes i loko o kēia saliva e ʻeli i nā mea e like me ka starch. A laila e hoʻokuke ko mākou alelo i ka meaʻai i lalo o ko mākou puʻu, a mai laila aku, i lalo i ka esophagus, i loko o ko mākou ʻōpū.

Ka pilina o ka waha i ka ʻōnaehana hanu

Hiki iā kākou ke hanu ma o ko kākou ihu a me ko kākou waha. Akā, aia kahi ʻokoʻa iki. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka waha ma mua o ka ihu, no laila hiki iā kākou ke lawe i ka ea hou aku i ka manawa hoʻokahi. Eia kekahi, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka pōkole o ka mamao o ka ea e hele ai i nā māmā, hiki i ke kino ke hoʻohana wikiwiki.

Eia naʻe, ʻaʻohe ʻōnaehana kānana o ka waha e like me ka ihu. Ke hanu mākou ma o ko mākou ihu, kānana nā lauoho lahilahi (cilia) a me ka mucus i loko o ka ihu i ka lepo a me nā germs i ka lewa, hoʻomehana i ka ea, a hoʻohui i ka makū i loko ma mua o ka hoʻouna ʻana i loko. Akā ke hanu mākou ma o ko mākou waha, ʻaʻole kēia e hana. ʻO ka hanu mau ʻana ma o ko mākou waha hiki ke hana i nā pilikia e like me nā ʻāʻī maloʻo, ka hanu ʻino, a me ka waha maloʻo.

E ʻike kākou i kekahi o nā ʻāpana nui o ka waha.

Nui nā mea e hana nei i loko o kēia wahi liʻiliʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo ko kākou waha. Hana pū kēia mau ʻāpana a pau e kōkua iā kākou e kamaʻilio, ʻai, a hanu.

  • Nā lehelehe a me nā papālina:ʻO kēia nā ʻaoʻao o waho o ka waha. Kōkua lākou i ka mālama ʻana i ka meaʻai i loko o ka waha a kōkua iā ʻoe e haʻi i nā huaʻōlelo.
  • Niho: Kōkua i ka wāwahi a me ka wili ʻana i ka meaʻai.
  • ʻĀʻī: ʻO ka ʻiʻo poni e hoʻopuni ana i nā niho. Mālama ia i nā niho a kōkua i ka mālama ʻana iā lākou i ke kūpaʻa.
  • Leo: ʻO kēia ke kaupaku o ka waha. He ʻelua ona ʻāpana: ka leo paʻakikī ma mua a me ka leo palupalu ma hope.
  • Mucosa Waha: ʻO ka ʻiʻo pulu a ʻulaʻula e uhi ana i loko o ka waha. Mālama kēia i ka pulu o loko o ka waha a pale iā ia mai nā germs.
  • Nā ʻōpū lawaiʻa: Nā ʻōpū e hana ana i ka lawaiʻa.
  • ʻAlelo: He ʻiʻo e kōkua ai i ka ʻono, ka nau ʻana, ka moni ʻana, a me ka ʻōlelo ʻana.
  • Nā ʻŌpuʻu ʻAi: Aia kēia mau mea ma ka ʻili o ke alelo a kuleana no ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻono o ka ʻono, ka ʻawaʻawa, ka paʻakai, ka ʻawaʻawa, a me ka umami.

Pehea e loaʻa ai kahi waha olakino?

No ka ʻike ʻana inā olakino kou waha, e nānā i kēia mau hōʻailona:

  • Nā niho ikaika, ʻaʻole e wehe: Inā wehe kou mau niho, he pilikia ia.
  • Hoʻemi ʻia ka palaki: Pono e hoʻemi ʻia ka ʻili melemele a keʻokeʻo paha e hana ana ma luna o ka ʻili o nā niho.
  • ʻĀʻī pehu, ʻeha ʻole, poni, paʻakikī: Inā ʻulaʻula kou ʻāʻī, pehu, a kahe ke koko, ʻaʻole lākou olakino.
  • Hanu ʻino: Inā he hanu ʻino kou, aia paha ke kumu no ia.

ʻO ka mea nui loa, ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻeha i ka wā e ʻai ana a palaki paha i kou mau niho. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kekahi mau loli a ʻoluʻolu ʻole paha e like me kēia, e ʻike koke i kāu kauka a kauka niho paha.

Nā maʻi a me nā kūlana e hiki ke hana ma ka waha

Nui nā ʻano maʻi a me nā kūlana olakino e hiki ke loaʻa i loko o ko kākou waha. He mea liʻiliʻi kekahi o kēia, aʻo kekahi he mea koʻikoʻi. E hoʻokaʻawale kākou iā lākou i mau ʻano.

Nā kūlana maʻamau e hiki ke hana ma ka waha
Hanu ʻino (Halitosis) Hanu ʻino.
Waha maloʻo (Xerostomia) ʻAʻohe lawaiʻa i loko o ka waha.
Nā maʻi Nā maʻi i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā bacteria, virus, a i ʻole fungi.
Nā ʻeha niho Ka pōʻino o nā niho ma muli o ka hāʻule ʻana a i ʻole kekahi ulia ʻē aʻe.

I kēia manawa, e nānā kākou i nā maʻi kikoʻī e hoʻopilikia ana i kēlā me kēia ʻāpana o ka waha.

ʻĀpana waha Nā kūlana olakino hiki ke loaʻa
Nā niho Pāka Niho, Tartar, Lua, Niho ʻŌpū, Niho Naʻauao i Pā ʻia.
Nā ʻāʻī Maʻi Periodontal, Gingivitis, Gingivitis hāpai keiki, Periodontitis, Recessation gum, Bleeding gums.
ʻAla Lehelehe māwae a me ka lehelehe, nā puʻupuʻu iwi ma ka lehelehe (Torus palatinus).
Nā ʻiʻo palupalu o ka wahaNā ʻeha/ʻeha waha, nā ʻeha canker, nā ʻeha anu, ka lichen planus waha, leukoplakia, a me ka erythroplakia.
Nā ʻōpū salivary Ka pehu ʻana o nā kelepa salivary (Sialadenitis), nā pōhaku i loko o nā kelepa salivary (Sialolithiasis), nā ʻōpū (Mumps), ka pehu ʻana o ka kelepa parotid (Parotitis).
ʻAlelo ʻO ke alelo paʻa, Macroglossia, Glossitis, ʻAlelo honua, ʻO ke kala ʻana o ke alelo (melemele, keʻokeʻo, ʻeleʻele), ʻAlelo ʻā.
Nā ʻŌpuʻu ʻono Ka emi ʻana o ka ʻono (Hypogeusia), ka nalowale ʻana o ka ʻono (Ageusia), ka ʻono i hoʻopilikia ʻia (Dysgeusia), ka ʻono ʻoluʻolu ʻole mau i ka waha (Phantom taste disorder).

Nā Kūlana Kanesa o ka Waha

He mea kēia a kākou a pau e makaʻu nei. Akā, he mea nui e makaʻala. Hiki ke loaʻa ka maʻi kanesa ma nā wahi a pau o ka waha.

  • Ka maʻi ʻaʻai waha
  • Ka maʻi ʻaʻai lehelehe
  • Ka maʻi ʻaʻai poʻo a me ka ʻāʻī
  • Ka maʻi ʻaʻai o ka ʻōpū salivary
  • Ka maʻi ʻaʻai mucosa buccal
  • Ka maʻi ʻaʻai paʻakikī

Pehea lā e mālama ai i ke olakino o ko kākou waha?

ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki ke pale aku i kēia mau maʻi āpau i ka 100% o ka manawa, hiki i ka hahai ʻana i nā hana olakino ke hōʻemi nui i kou pilikia. E hoʻāʻo e hoʻokomo i kēia mau mea i kou ola.

  • E pale i ka puhipaka a me ka nau ʻana i ka paka. ʻO kēia nā kumu nui o ka maʻi ʻaʻai waha.
  • E palaki pono i kou mau niho, ke alelo, a me kēlā me kēia ʻāpana o kou waha i ʻelua manawa i ka lā.
  • E hoʻohana i ka toothpaste me ka fluoride.
  • E inu i ka wai he nui i ka lā a pau. E hōʻemi i nā mea inu kō (nā mea inu palupalu, nā sodas) i ka hiki.
  • E ʻai i ka meaʻai momona. E hōʻemi i nā meaʻai hana a me nā mea ʻono i ka hiki.
  • E holoi i kou mau niho ma ka liʻiliʻi hoʻokahi manawa i ka lā. He mea nui loa kēia no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā wahi i hiki ʻole i kāu palaki niho ke hiki aku.
  • E ʻike i ke kauka niho ma ka liʻiliʻi ʻelua i ka makahiki no ka nānā ʻana.

Āhea ʻoe e pono ai e ʻike i ke kauka?

Inā loaʻa kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona i loko o kou waha, mai hoʻowahāwahā iā lākou. E ʻike koke i ke kauka a i ʻole ke kauka niho.

  • Nā ʻeha a i ʻole nā ​​puʻupuʻu i ho'ōla ʻole a hoʻi pinepine mai paha.
  • ʻEha mau a ʻeha paha.
  • Ka pinepine ʻana o ke kahe koko mai nā ʻāʻī.
  • Nā hakahaka ma waena o nā niho a me nā ʻāʻī.
  • Ke ʻala ikaika e puka mai ana mai ka waha mai.
  • Ke hoʻomaka nei e hemo nā niho.
  • Waha maloʻo mau.

He puʻupuʻu koʻu ma koʻu lae. He aha paha ia?

Aia kekahi mau kumu e ʻike ʻia ai kahi puʻupuʻu ma ka lae. ʻAʻole paha ia he mea ʻino, a i ʻole he hōʻailona paha ia o kahi mea ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi. Eia kekahi laʻana:

  • He ulu iwi ʻino ʻole (Palatal tori).
  • Nā ʻeha ʻōpū.
  • He niho keu i hūnā ʻia ma lalo o nā ʻāʻī (Hyperdontia).
  • Ka maʻi ʻaʻai waha.

No laila, inā ʻike ʻoe i kahi puʻupuʻu ʻē, ʻeha, a i ʻole kahi loli ma kou alelo a i ʻole ma kou waha, mai kuhi wale, akā e ʻike pono i ke kauka no ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana. A laila hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ke kumu pololei a ʻimi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau inā pono.

He ʻōkana kupaianaha ko kākou waha e kōkua iā kākou e hauʻoli, e minoʻaka, a e kamaʻilio me kā kākou poʻe aloha. No laila, he mea nui loa ka mālama pono ʻana iā ia ʻaʻole wale no ke olakino o ko kākou niho, akā, no ke olakino hoʻi o ko kākou kino holoʻokoʻa.

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  • ʻO ke olakino o kou waha e pili pono ana i ke olakino o kou kino holoʻokoʻa. ʻAʻole ia e pili ana i ka ʻai ʻana a me ke kamaʻilio ʻana wale nō.
  • ʻO nā hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe waha maikaʻi (palaki, flossing) ke ala maikaʻi loa e pale aku ai i nā maʻi.
  • Mai hoʻowahāwahā i nā ʻeha waha e ho'ōla ʻole ai, ka ʻeha mau, ke kahe ʻana o ke koko, a i ʻole nā ​​​​loli ʻē aʻe.
  • ʻOiai inā ʻaʻohe hōʻailona, ​​​​he mea nui loa ia e hele i nā hoʻokolokolo niho maʻamau.
  • Inā he kānalua a hopohopo paha kāu, e ʻoluʻolu e nīnau i kāu kauka a kauka niho paha no ka ʻōlelo aʻo.
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He puʻupuʻu koʻu ma koʻu lae. He aha paha ia?

Aia kekahi mau kumu e ʻike ʻia ai kahi puʻupuʻu ma ka lae. ʻAʻole paha ia he mea ʻino, a i ʻole he hōʻailona paha ia o kahi mea ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi. Eia kekahi laʻana:

  • He ulu iwi ʻino ʻole (Palatal tori).
  • Nā ʻeha ʻōpū.
  • He niho keu i hūnā ʻia ma lalo o nā ʻāʻī (Hyperdontia).
  • Ka maʻi ʻaʻai waha.
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