Lɛ wi lan gud gud wan wetin na fluoride fɔ protɛkt yu smɔl pikin in tit ɛn smayl.

A no aw i impɔtant fɔ mek yu kip yu smɔl pikin in tit dɛn fayn ɛn fayn. Tut decay , ɔ tut decay, nɔto jɔs prɔblɛm fɔ smɔl pikin dɛn, na prɔblɛm fɔ wi ɔl. So tide wi go tɔk bɔt sɔntin we spɛshal we de ɛp wi fɔ mek di tut nɔ rɔtin ɛn mek di tit strɔng. Dat na `( Flɔrayd )`. Sɔntɛm yu dɔn yɛri dis nem bifo. Lɛ wi si wetin na `( Fluoride )` ɛn us bɛnifit i de briŋ to wi pikin dɛn tit .

Wetin na `(Fluoride)`? Lɛ wi fɛn ɔltin simpul wan!

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, `(Fluoride)` na minral we de na wi envayrɔmɛnt na di wɔl. Jɔs lɛk di kalsiɔm ɛn ayɛn . I de na di grɔn, ɛn bak na sɔm wata say dɛn. Yu no se bɔku kɔntri dɛn na di wɔl, fɔ ɛgzampul, kɔntri dɛn lɛk Amɛrika, kin ad sɔm kayn `(Fluoride)` to dɛn men wata fɔ protɛkt pipul dɛn tit wɛlbɔdi. Insay sɔm eria dɛn na Sri Lanka, wata kin gɛt `(Fluoride)` bay natura. apat frכm dat, sכm tut paste (`(tut paste)`), mכt rins (`(mouth rinse)`), εn sכm vaytam in (`( vitamin supliment )`) we wi de yuz gεt `(Fluoride)` bak.

Wetin fluoride kin du to pikin dɛn tit?

Naw yu kin de wɔnda wetin dis `(Fluoride)` de du to wi pikin dɛn tit. di men tin na dat `(Fluoride)` de mek di had כ ta kכva fכ di tit dεm, dat na di `(Enamel)`, we lεk shild we de protεkt di tit dεm. Tink bɔt am, dis `(Enamel)` tan lɛk kot we de protɛkt wi tit. biכs `(Fluoride)` de mek dis kot strכng mכr, i de εp bכku fכ mek di tut dεm nכ de rɔtin, dat na di fכmeshכn fכ sכm sכm ol dεm (`(cavities)`) na di tit dεm.

Aw `(Fluoride)` de wok? Lɛ wi tek tɛm luk gud wan.

Okay, naw lɛ wi si aw dis `(Fluoride)` de protɛkt tit dis we.

difrεn kayn baktri dεm (`(Bacteria)`) כ כganism dεm de insay wi mכt. dis baktri dεm de yuz di shuga dεm we de insay di it we wi de it fכ mek wan asid (`(acid)`). dis asid na in de sכlv sכmtεm di `(Enamel)` na di tit dεm we a bin tכk bכt, εn di tit dεm de bigin fכ rɔtin.

Dis na di say we `(Fluoride)` de kam ɛp wi:

1. Fluoride de protɛkt di ɛnamel frɔm asid atak. dis min se di asid we baktri dεm de mek nכ de pwεl di εnamel.

2. Fluoride de ɛp bak fɔ mek di tit dɛn we asid dɔn pwɛl bak.Bɔt mɛmba se fluoride nɔ kin ebul fɔ mɛn big big kaviti dɛn. Bɔt fluoride kin rivɛns di tut we kin rɔtin we i bigin ɛn i kin mek nyu kaviti dɛn nɔ fɔm.

Imajin, if yu si smɔl krak krak na di wɔl na yu os, dis tan lɛk se yu ful-ɔp am wit sɔm simen bifo i big.

Aw yu go no if di wata we yu de drink gɛt fluoride?

Dis na impɔtant tin, bikɔs we wi no di kayn fluoride we wi pikin dɛn kin gɛt, dat kin rili afɛkt dɛn tit wɛlbɔdi.

• If yu yuz wata frɔm pɔblik wata sapɔt (e.g., di wata bɔd):
• Yu kin aks yu dɛntist ɔ yu famili dɔktɔ.
• Yu kin aks na yu lokal wata sapɔt bɔd ɔfis.
• Yu kin gɛt di ditel dɛn frɔm di lokal Pɔblik Ɛlth Inspɛkta (PHI).
• Sɔntɛnde, if yu de luk fɔ intanashɔnal infɔmeshɔn, infɔmeshɔn kin de na ples dɛn lɛk di US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) wɛbsayt, bɔt na wi kɔntri, di we dɛn we wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt na dɛn mɔ fit.
• If yu de yuz prayvet wɛl wata:
• Di fluoride lɛvɛl we de na da wata de, na lɛbɔretri ɔ tru di Dipatmɛnt fɔ Pɔblik Ɛlth fɔ tɛst am.
• If yu famili de drink bɔtul wata nɔmɔ:
• Luk gud wan pan di lɛbl we de na da wata bɔtul de. Sɔm bɔtul wata gɛt `(Fluoride),' sɔm nɔ gɛt.

Mi pikin nid fɔ gɛt fluoride sɔpɔtmɛnt?

Dis na prɔblɛm bak fɔ bɔku mama ɛn papa dɛn.

Mɛmba se, pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 6 mɔnt nɔ kin nid fɔ tek fluoride.

Afta 6 mɔnt, yu dɔktɔ ɔ dɛntist go disayd if yu pikin nid fɔ gɛt fluoride sɔpɔtmɛnt. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin du dis lɛk dis:

• If di wata we de na di say we yu de nɔ gɛt inof fluoride.
• If yu pikin de drink bɔtul wata nɔmɔ we nɔ gɛt fluoride.

If yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ du am, yu kin gi yu fluoride sɔpɔtmɛnt dɛn we tan lɛk drɔp ɔ tablɛt. Di amount we yu nid fɔ gi go dipen pan di amount of fluoride na yu pikin in wata ɛn in ej. So, nɔ ɛva gi yu pikin fluoride sɔpɔtmɛnt if yu nɔ gɛt dɔktɔ advays.

Yu tink se Flɔrayd Rili Sef? Wetin Yu Fɔ Wɔri bɔt?

Yɛs, fluoride rili sef we dɛn yuz am di rayt we. Bɔt lɛk ɛnitin, tumɔs fluoride kin mek sɔm prɔblɛm dɛn.

di men tin na wan kכndyushכn we dεn kכl ``Dental Fluorosis'' . dis na we di apiyans fכ di ``Enamel'' fכ di tit dεm de chenj sכmtεm. Di sayn we kin apin pas ɔl na we yu tit gɛt wayt spat ɔ pat pan yu tit.Dis sik nɔ kin apin to pikin dɛn we de yuz fluoride fayn fayn wan. Dis kin mɔs afɛkt pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 8 ia yet, we dɔn gɛt tumɔs fluoride insay di tɛm we dɛn tit de divɛlɔp. Bɔku tɛm, dis nɔ kin mek pɔsin gɛt ɛni big prɔblɛm wit in wɛlbɔdi, bɔt i kin afɛkt di we aw di tit dɛn de luk.

Di masta sabi pipul dɛn nɔ dɔn fɛn ɛni ɔda big wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm bikɔs ɔf fluoride.

Bɔt i nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm, if pikin it bɔku bɔku `(Fluoride)` wan tɛm (fɔ ɛgzampul, if i swɛla wan ol tiub we gɛt tut paste, ɔ if i swɛla bɔku `(Fluoride)` tablɛt), wan kɔndishɔn we dɛn kɔl `(Fluoride Poisoning)` kin apin. Dis nɔ kin siriɔs, bɔt if yu tink se sɔntin dɔn apin, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm ɔ kɔl 1990 (Suvaseriya) we yu gɛt imejensi. Yu kin gɛt advays bak frɔm di Nashɔnal Pɔyzin Infɔmeshɔn Sɛnta na Sri Lanka (0112686143) if nid de.

So una rili tek tɛm wit dɛn tin ya:

• Kip tin dɛn we gɛt fluoride, lɛk tut paste, fluoride supliment, ɛn mashin fɔ was yu mɔt, insay kɔba we lɔk usay pikin dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ rich.
• Wach yu pikin dɛn gud gud wan we dɛn de brus dɛn tit. Tek tɛm mek yu nɔ swɛla di tut paste.

Aw a go mek shɔ se mi pikin gɛt inof fluoride?

Dis na di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl. Lɛ wi si aw wi go wok fɔ mek shɔ se wi pikin dɛn gɛt di rayt `(Fluoride)`.

• Fɔ fala yu dɔktɔ ɔ dɛntist in advays fɔ no if yu pikin nid fɔ tek fluoride.
• If yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ gi yu fluoride, gi yu di rayt doz nɔmɔ we dɛn se yu fɔ gi yu. Nɔ inkrisayz ɔ ridyus di doz.
• If yu si se di fluoride lɛvɛl na di wata we yu de yuz bɔku, aks yu dɔktɔ ɔ dɛntist fɔ advays if i fayn fɔ gi yu pikin dɛn (especially fɔmula-fed bebi dɛn) bɔtul wata.

Yu fɔ mɛmba dɛn tin ya we yu de brus yu tit:

• Bebi dɛn we nɔ gɛt tit yet nɔ nid fluoride tut paste.
• Fɔ pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 3 ia yet: Yuz smɔl tut paste we gɛt fluoride, we di sayz lɛk wan gren rays , tu tɛm insay di de fɔ ɛp fɔ brus dɛn tit.
• Fɔ pikin dɛn we ol 3 ia ɔ pas dat: Ɛp dɛn fɔ brus dɛn tit tu tɛm insay di de yuz wan tut paste we gɛt fluoride we saiz lɛk pis . Mek shɔ se dɛn brus dɛn tit fayn ɛn was dɛn mɔt we dɛn nɔ swɛla di tut paste.
• If yu de yuz mɔt rins we gɛt fluoride, du am jɔs lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ ɔ dɛntist tɛl yu. Mɔt rins we gɛt fluoride nɔ fayn fɔ pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 6 ia bikɔs dɛn kin swɛla am.

Wetin bak yu kin du fɔ mek yu pikin in tit dɛn gɛt wɛlbɔdi?

Apat frɔm we yu de mek shɔ se yu pikin gɛt inof fluoride, bɔku ɔda tin dɛn de we yu kin du fɔ mek yu pikin in tit dɛn gɛt wɛlbɔdi. Yu famili dɛntist ɔ pikin dɛntist (we spɛshal pan pikin dɛn tit) kin gi yu di bɛst advays bɔt dis.

Na sɔm ɔda impɔtant pɔynt dɛn ya:

• Si yu pikin in dɛntist insay 6 mɔnt frɔm we dɛn fɔs tut kɔmɔt, ɔ bifo dɛn ol wan ia (wetin kam fɔs). Dis rili impɔtant.
• Dɔn , tek yu pikin fɔ chɛk in tit tu tɛm insay di ia (ɛvri 6 mɔnt) ɔ lɛk aw di dɔktɔ tɛl yu.
• Aks yu dɛntist bɔt aw fɔ put ``Fluoride Varnish'' pan yu pikin in tit. Dis tan lɛk we yu put pent we go protɛkt yu tit. I de ɛp fɔ mek yu tut nɔ rɔtin. Sɔm skul dɛnt klinik dɛn bak kin gi dis savis.
• Nɔ lɛf yu pikin na di bed fɔ slip wit bɔtul milk ɔ fɔmula. dis kin mek wan kכndyushכn we dεn kכl "bebi bכtul tut dεm."
• Limit frut jus. If yu gi am, gi am wit it insay kɔp (nɔto bɔtul ɔ sippy kɔp) bɔku tɛm. Gi maksimam 4-6 ɔns (lɛk 120-180 ml) fɔ wan de. Frut jus nɔ fayn fɔ pikin dɛn we nɔ rich wan ia yet. Brush yu tit afta yu dɔn gi yu frut jus.
• Bay di tɛm we yu pikin dɔn ol wan ia, smɔl smɔl, lɛf am na di bɔtul ɛn bigin fɔ yuz kɔp insted.
• Ilɛksɛf na bitwin it, fɔ drink smɔl smɔl ɔl di de, ɔ fɔ gi yu pikin wata na nɛt, na wata nɔmɔ gi am if i tɔsti.

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

So, fluoride tan lɛk wi bɛst padi fɔ protɛkt wi pikin dɛn tit ɛn smayl.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ yuz fluoride kɔrɛkt wan, di rayt amɔnt, ɛn fɔ kia fɔ yu pikin in mɔt ɔltɛm.

Tɔk to yu dɛntist bɔt dis. Dɛn go gi yu di bɛst advays fɔ yu ɛn yu pikin. If yu mek yu pikin dɛn gɛt gud abit fɔ klin dɛn tit frɔm we dɛn smɔl, dɛn go ebul fɔ kip fayn smayl wit wɛlbɔdi, fayn tit fɔ dɛn layf. I rili fayn fɔ mek yu kɔmit!

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