Aloha! Pehea ʻoe i kēia lā? I kēia lā, e kamaʻilio mākou e pili ana i kahi mea nui loa a mākou e hoʻopoina pinepine ai: ka mālama ʻana i kou mau niho i ke olakino. Makemake nā kānaka a pau i ka minoʻaka ʻālohilohi, a he mea nui ka loaʻa ʻana o nā niho olakino no ka ʻai ʻana i kāu mau meaʻai punahele. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e mālama pono i kou mau niho, hiki iā ʻoe ke kū i nā pilikia e like me nā lua a i ʻole nā maʻi ʻāʻī. E ʻimi kākou pehea e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke pale i kou minoʻaka!
He aha ka 'Plaque' a pehea e hana ʻia ai?
I ka ʻōlelo maʻalahi, he ʻili ʻili ʻole o ka bacteria ka plaque e hana mau ana ma kou mau niho. Ma hope o kou ʻai ʻana—ʻoi aku hoʻi nā meaʻai kō—e hana kēia mau bacteria. Hoʻoheheʻe lākou i nā kō a hana i nā waikawa. Hoʻoheheʻe mālie kēia mau waikawa i kou enamel, ka papa waho paʻakikī a pale o kou mau niho. Pēlā nō e ulu ai nā lua ("pala niho").
ʻAʻole wale ka palaki ke kumu o nā lua; ʻo ia kekahi ke kumu nui o kahi maʻi ʻāʻī i kapa ʻia ʻo gingivitis. Hiki i kēia ke hoʻolilo i kou mau ʻāʻī i ʻulaʻula, pehu, a maʻalahi hoʻi i ke kahe ʻana ke palaki ʻoe. Ua ʻike anei ʻoe i kēia i kēia mau lā iho nei? Inā pēlā, ʻo ka palaki paha ke kumu.
Pehea e wehe ai i ka plaque?
I mea e pale aku ai i nā lua a me nā maʻi ʻāʻī, pono ʻoe e wehe i ka palaki. ʻO nā ʻano hana koʻikoʻi ʻelua, ʻo ia ka palaki ʻana a me ka flossing.
Ka palaki ʻana:
Pono ʻoe e palaki i kou mau niho ma ka liʻiliʻi ʻelua i ka lā. ʻAʻole wale kēia e wehe i ka plaque; hoʻoulu pū ia i kou mau ʻāʻī, e kōkua ana i ka mālama ʻana iā lākou i ke olakino.
Ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā niho:
Pono ʻoe e hoʻohana i ka floss ma ka liʻiliʻi hoʻokahi manawa i ka lā. E kūkākūkā mākou i kēia me nā kikoʻī hou aku ma hope koke iho.
ʻO kēia mau ʻano hana ʻelua nā ʻanuʻu koʻikoʻi loa hiki iā ʻoe ke hana no kou olakino waha.
E hoʻohana i ka toothpaste fluoride:
I mea e pale ai i ka palaho, he mea nui e hoʻohana i ka toothpaste i loaʻa ka fluoride. E nānā mau i ka lepili e hōʻoia i loaʻa i kāu toothpaste kēia mea pale.
Ke hana nei me 'Tartar':
Inā noho lōʻihi ka palaki ma kou mau niho, paʻakikī ia i tartar. ʻOi aku ka paʻakikī o ka wehe ʻana iā Tartar ma mua o ka palaki a ʻoi aku ka hōʻino i kou mau niho. Hiki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā toothpaste anti-tartar a me nā holoi waha ke kōkua. Eia kekahi, ʻo ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka manawa hou e palaki ai i nā wahi kokoke i kou mau kelepa salivary (ʻoi aku hoʻi ke kua o kou mau niho haʻahaʻa a me waho o kou mau molars luna) hiki ke kōkua i ka kaohi ʻana i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o tartar.
Pehea lā nā niho koʻikoʻi?
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole a i ʻole kahi manaʻo ʻoi i ka wā e ʻai ai i nā meaʻai wela a anu paha, a i ʻole ke kau ʻana i ke kaomi ma luna o ka niho, he mau niho koʻikoʻi paha kou. Aia nā toothpastes kūikawā i hoʻolālā ʻia e kōkua me kēia.
Eia nō naʻe, he mea koʻikoʻi kēia: E ʻoluʻolu e nīnau mua i kāu kauka niho. Hiki i kēia ʻano maʻi ke hōʻailona o kahi lua a i ʻole kahi pilikia aʻalolo. Mai hoʻāʻo e mālama iā ʻoe iho me ka ʻole o kahi hōʻailona loea.
He aha ke ala kūpono e palaki ai?
Paipai nā kauka niho e palaki i ʻelua manawa i ka lā no ka liʻiliʻi he ʻelua mau minuke i kēlā me kēia manawa. Eia ke ʻano hana maikaʻi loa:
- E paʻa i kou palaki niho ma kahi kihi 45-degere i kou ʻāʻī. E hoʻohana i nā hahau pōkole a mālie, e kālele ana ma ka niho hoʻokahi i ka manawa.
- E hoʻomanaʻo: Mai palaki ikaika loa. Hiki i ka ikaika nui ke alakaʻi i ka emi ʻana o nā ʻāʻī, ka maʻalahi o nā niho, a me nā niho hemo i ka hala ʻana o ka manawa. E noʻonoʻo e like me ka pulumi ʻana, ʻaʻole ka holoi ʻana.
- E hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā ʻili o waho, loko, a me nā ʻili nau o kou mau niho a pau. Mai poina e hōʻea i nā lua liʻiliʻi a me nā māwae ma waena o nā niho.
- E hoʻomaʻemaʻe mālie i kou alelo.
- I mea e kōkua ai iā ʻoe e palaki no nā minuke ʻelua a ʻekolu paha, e hoʻohana i kahi mea hoʻopaʻa manawa a hoʻolohe paha i kāu mele punahele. Loaʻa i kekahi mau palaki niho uila nā mea hoʻopaʻa manawa i kūkulu ʻia e hoʻomaopopo iā ʻoe i ka pau ʻana o ka manawa.
He mea pono maoli anei ke kāhili ʻana i ka floss?
"ʻAe!" Manaʻo ka poʻe he nui ua lawa ka palaki wale ʻana, akā he moʻolelo wahaheʻe kēlā. ʻOiai he mea nui ka palaki ʻana, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke wehe i ka palaki a me nā ʻōpala meaʻai mai waena o kou mau niho a i ʻole ma ke kaʻe o ka ʻāʻī. Hiki ka flossing i kēia mau wahi paʻa. Pono ʻoe e floss ma ka liʻiliʻi hoʻokahi manawa i ka lā.
E makaʻala i ʻole e hōʻeha i kou ʻāʻī i ka wā e holoi ana i ka niho. E hoʻāʻo i kēia ʻano hana:
- E lawe i kahi ʻāpana floss a hoʻohele mālie ma waena o nā niho ʻelua me ka neʻe ʻana i mua a i mua.
- E hoʻoneʻe mālie i ka floss i ka laina ʻāʻī, akā, mai hoʻopaʻa iā ia i nā ʻāʻī.
- E piʻo i ka floss i ke ʻano "C" e kūʻē i ka ʻaoʻao o ka niho a hamo mālie iā ia i luna a i lalo.
- E hana hou i kēia no kēlā me kēia niho. Hiki ke ʻano ʻē i ka wā mua, akā e maʻalahi ia me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana.
Hiki iaʻu ke hoʻokeʻokeʻo i koʻu mau niho?
He nīnau maʻamau kēia i kēia lā. He nui nā toothpaste e koi ana e hoʻokeʻokeʻo i nā niho. Inā loaʻa i kēia mau huahana ka fluoride a he kūpono ia e kūʻē i ka plaque a me ka tartar, palekana lākou e hoʻohana. E nānā i ka American Dental Association Seal of Acceptance, e hōʻike ana he palekana a he pono ka huahana.
Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole pono ka nui o ka poʻe ʻōpio i ke keʻokeʻo ʻana, no ka mea, ʻo ka melemele maoli e kū pinepine me ka ʻelemakule. Akā naʻe, inā makemake ʻoe i ke keʻokeʻo ʻana, e hoʻomanaʻo i kēia:
Inā manaʻo ʻoe ʻaʻole lawa ka keʻokeʻo o kou mau niho, e kamaʻilio mau me kāu kauka niho ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā huahana keʻokeʻo ma luna o ke kūʻai aku. Hiki i kekahi ke ʻino i kou mau ʻāʻī a hoʻonui paha i ka ʻike. Hiki i kāu kauka niho ke kuhikuhi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻoihana i ʻoi aku ka palekana a hāʻawi pinepine i nā hopena maikaʻi aʻe ma mua o nā koho i kūʻai ʻia ma ka hale kūʻai.
Ke hoʻopilikia nei kaʻu meaʻai i koʻu mau niho?
"ʻAe, ʻoiaʻiʻo!" Ua ʻike paha ʻoe ʻo ke kō ke kumu nui o nā lua. Akā, ʻaʻole wale ka nui o ke kō; akā, pehea pinepine ʻoe e ʻai ai.
Inā ʻai ʻoe i nā meaʻai momona a inu paha i nā mea inu momona i ka lā a pau, ke hānai mau nei ʻoe i nā bacteria i loko o kou waha. Hoʻonui nui kēia i kou pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lua. ʻO nā mea ʻono momona, nā kulu kō, a me nā mints hanu e hoʻoheheʻe mālie i loko o kou waha he mea ʻino loa ia. ʻO ka ʻōlelo aʻo maikaʻi loa, ʻo ia ka pale ʻana i ka ʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai momona ma waena o nā meaʻai.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi pilikia niho, e ʻoluʻolu e kelepona koke aku i ke kauka niho a i ʻole e kipa aku i ka ʻoihana pilikia kokoke loa.
ʻO ka ʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai kō a starchy paha ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka ʻai ʻana he mea ia e hōʻino iki ai i kou mau niho ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana iā lākou wale nō. ʻO kēia no ka mea e hoʻoulu ai ka ʻai ʻana i ke kahe o ka lawai, kahi e kōkua ai i ka holoi ʻana i nā kō a me nā bacteria. ʻO ka ʻai ʻana i nā mea ʻono ma mua pono o ka moe ʻana he mea ʻino loa ia—ʻoiai inā ʻoe e haʻalele i ka palaki ʻana ma hope—no ka mea, e emi nui ana kāu hana lawai i kou wā hiamoe.
Ua ʻike mākou he paʻakikī ke haʻalele loa i nā mea ʻono, no laila e hoʻomanaʻo i kēia mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo:
- E ʻai i kāu mau kalapona - ʻo ia hoʻi ke kō a me nā starch - ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka papaʻai nui i nā manawa hiki.
- Inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke palaki koke i kou mau niho ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana, e holoi pono i kou waha me ka wai a i ʻole ka wai holoi waha, a nau paha i ka gum kō ʻole.
- E pale i ka ʻai ʻana i nā meaʻai momona ma waena o nā meaʻai.
- Inā makemake ʻoe i kahi meaʻai māmā, e koho i nā koho haʻahaʻa kō e like me ka tīhi, ka popcorn, nā mea kanu maka, a i ʻole ka yogurt .
Āhea ʻoe e kipa aku ai i kāu kauka niho?
ʻIke wale ka poʻe he nui i ke kauka niho ke ʻeha mua lākou. Eia nō naʻe, pono ʻoe e hoʻāʻo e kipa aku i kāu kauka niho ma ka liʻiliʻi i kēlā me kēia ʻeono mahina no ka mālama pale. ʻO ka pahuhopu ka ʻike a pale i ka pala o ka niho, nā maʻi ʻāʻī, a me nā pilikia ʻē aʻe e hoʻopilikia paha i kou olakino waha.
Eia ka mea hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo i kāu kipa mua ʻana:
ʻO ka maʻamau, ʻekolu ʻāpana ia:
1. Moʻolelo Lapaʻau a me Niho: E nīnau kāu kauka niho a kauka hoʻomaʻemaʻe niho paha e pili ana i kāu hana mālama niho a nānā i kāu mau moʻolelo niho ma mua.
2. Hoʻokolohua Niho: E hana lākou i kahi nānā pono o kou mau niho, ʻāʻī, a me nā ʻiʻo waha ʻē aʻe.
3. Hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻOihana: E hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia kou mau niho e ka ʻoihana e wehe i ka puʻu.
ʻO nā mea a ke kauka niho e ʻimi nei:
ʻAʻole wale kou mau niho a me kou mau ʻāʻī e nānā ana kāu kauka niho akā ʻo nā hono o kou mau ʻāʻī hoʻi. Me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi aniani liʻiliʻi a me kahi probe, e nānā lākou i ka ʻāpana i ʻike ʻia o kēlā me kēia niho (ka lei aliʻi) no ka plaque, ka neʻe ʻana, a me ka pala. E loiloi pū lākou i kou occlusion (pehea e nahu pū ai kou mau niho).
Pono kou ʻāʻī e paʻa a poni, ʻaʻole palupalu, pehu, a ʻulaʻula paha. E hoʻohana ke kauka niho a i ʻole ka hygienist i kahi probe e ana i ka hohonu o ka sulcus—ka hakahaka liʻiliʻi kahi e hui ai ka niho me ka ʻāʻī. ʻO nā hakahaka hohonu, i ʻike ʻia he mau ʻeke, hiki ke lilo i hōʻailona o ka maʻi ʻāʻī.
I kekahi mau hihia, hiki i ke kauka niho ke lawe i nā kukuna X e nānā i ka palaho huna, nā abscesses (nā ʻeke o ka maʻi), a i ʻole nā pilikia me kou mau niho naʻauao.
Hoʻomaʻemaʻe niho:
ʻO ka wehe ʻana o ka plaque a me ka tartar e hana pinepine ʻia e kahi kauka niho laikini.
Ma hope o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana, e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ke kauka niho i kou mau niho, kahi e waiho ai i ka ʻili i laumania a maʻemaʻe, e kōkua ana i ka wehe ʻana i nā ʻōpala a me ka pale ʻana i ka palaki mai ka hoʻopili hou ʻana. ʻO ka hope loa, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopili i kahi lāʻau fluoride a i ʻole ka sila e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā lua i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
E kūkākūkā kāu kauka niho i nā mea hoʻopihapiha e pono ai. Inā makemake ʻoe i nā pale lima a i ʻole he mau pilikia paʻakikī, hiki ke kuhikuhi ʻia ʻoe i kahi orthodontist.
Ma hope o kēia mau hoʻokolohua ʻeono mahina, e ʻike koke i kāu kauka niho inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi ʻeha a i ʻole nā loli i kou mau niho, ʻāʻī, a i ʻole ka ʻāʻī.
Ka Manaʻo Lalo (Leka Lawe-Home)
I ka hōʻuluʻulu ʻana, eia nā ʻanuʻu maikaʻi loa hiki iā ʻoe ke hana no kahi minoʻaka olakino:
- E palaki i kou mau niho ma ka liʻiliʻi ʻelua i ka lā no ka liʻiliʻi he ʻelua mau minuke me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka toothpaste fluoride .
- E holoi i kou mau niho ma ka liʻiliʻi hoʻokahi manawa i ka lā. He mea nui ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana ma waena o kou mau niho.
- E hōʻemi i nā meaʻai a me nā mea inu kō, ʻoiai hoʻi he mau meaʻai māmā ma waena o nā meaʻai.
- E kipa aku i kāu kauka niho i kēlā me kēia ʻeono mahina, mai kali a kū mai kahi pilikia.
- Inā ʻoe e ʻeha a ʻike paha i kekahi mea ʻē me kou mau niho a i ʻole nā ʻāʻī, e ʻimi koke i ka mālama loea.
E kōkua nui kēia mau hana maʻalahi i ka pale ʻana i kou minoʻaka nani a me ka mālama ʻana i ke olakino o kou mau niho. Mai hopohopo—me ka mālama mau, hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama i ke olakino waha maikaʻi loa no ke ola holoʻokoʻa! Aloha nui i kāu huakaʻi ma Nirogi Lanka!
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