Kua pāngia koe e te paku taratara, pērā i te koti huruhuru iti, i ō niho ina mirimiri tō arero ki runga? E ara ake ana rānei koe i te ata, ā, ka piri ō niho, ka reka kino? Ina titiro koe ki te whakaata, kua kite koe i tētahi mea kōwhai e piri ana ki ngā pakiaka o ō niho, e tata ana ki ngā kapia? Kaua e manukanuka, he mea noa tēnei mō te tini tāngata. Koinei tā tātou e kōrero ai i tēnei rā, e kīia ana rānei i te reo Pākehā (Dental Plaque) . Ahakoa he mea noa tēnei, ki te kore tātou e mōhio, ā, ki te kore e whakahaere, ka nui te kino o ō tātou niho. Nō reira, me kōrero tātou mō ngā mea katoa i tēnei rā, kia māmā, kia mārama hoki.
He aha te kīanga māmā noa iho, he aha te paraka niho?
He kiri piri, kore tae te paraka niho e hanga tonu ana i runga i ō tātou niho. He tini ngā huakita kei roto. Whakaarohia kei roto i tō tātou waha he taiao e nohoia ana e ngā miriona momo huakita. He pai ētahi o ēnei huakita, engari he kino ētahi ki ō tātou niho.
Inaianei tirohia te hanga o tēnei kāpia.
1. Ka kainga e tātou: Ko ngā kai e kainga ana e tātou, inā koa ngā mea kei roto he huka me te māngaro (hei tauira, te raihi, te taro, te pihikete, te keke, te inu reka), ka waiho ngā matūriki ki roto i ō tātou waha.
2. Ka whakahohehia ngā huakita: Mā ngā huakita kino i roto i te waha ēnei matūriki kai, inā koa te huka, ka waiho hei kai mā rātou.
3. Te whakaputa waikawa: Ina nakunaku te huka e ēnei huakita, ka puta he waikawa hei hua taha.
4. Ka hangaia te paraka niho: Ka honoa ngā huakita, te waikawa e whakaputaina ana e rātou, ngā matūriki kai, me tō tātou huware hei hanga i tēnei paraka niho piri.
He rite tēnei kiriata piri ki tētahi piringa haumaru mō ngā huakita ki te noho. Nā te mea ka piri ki ngā niho, kāore e taea te tango mā te horoi waha noa. Hei tango atu, me parai ō tātou niho.
He aha te rerekētanga i waenga i te papa niho me te tartar?
Koinei te wāhi e pōhēhē ai te tini o te tangata. Ehara te piri niho me te kōhatu i te mea kotahi, he mea rerekē e rua.
- Paraka Niho: Koinei te wāhanga tuatahi. He kiriata ngohengohe, piri. Ka taea e koe te tango katoa i tēnei paraka mā te parai me te miro i ō niho i ia rā.
- Tātā/Taupūnga: Whakaarohia inaianei kāore koe i parai tika i ō niho mō ētahi rā. Kātahi ka mārō haere te paparanga kapia ngohengohe o ngā niho, me ngā kohuke i roto i tō tātou huware, ka mārō haere, ka rite ki te kōhatu. Ko taua āhua mārō ko te mea e kiia nei e tātou ko te 'tātā'.
Kia maumahara pai ki tēnei:Ka taea e koe te tango i te parakihe i te kāinga mā te paraihe niho. Engari ina huri hei tartar, kāore e taea te tango mā te paraihe niho. Hei tango atu, me toro atu koe ki te taote niho, ā, me waru atu ki ngā taputapu motuhake (te scaling).
Ahakoa he kōwhai te tartar i te tīmatanga, i te roanga o te wā, ka huri hei parauri pouri, i ētahi wā ka mangu, nā te tī, te kawhe, me te momi hikareti e inumia ana e koe. Ko te nuinga o ēnei ka puta ki roto o ngā niho o raro me waho o ngā niho o runga.
Me pēhea taku mōhio mēnā he kāpia niho tāku?
Nā te mea kāore he tae o te hiri niho, he uaua ki te kite i ētahi wā. Engari ka taea te mōhio mā roto i ēnei āhuatanga.
| Āhuatanga noa | Te āhua/te āhua o te āhua |
|---|---|
| He āhua taratara/huruhuru ngā niho | Ina mirimiri tō arero i ō niho, ehara i te mea he maeneene, engari he taratara, he piri. Me te mea kei te piri tetahi mea ki ō niho. |
| Manawa kino (Halitosis) | Ki te tīmata anō te hongi kino o tō manawa i muri i te parai i ō niho, ko te take matua pea ko ngā huakita i roto i ō niho rūpahu. Ka whakaputahia e ngā huakita ngā para e hua ai te manawa kino. |
| Te whero me te pupuhi o ngā kapia | Ina tata rawa te piripiri niho ki ngā kapia, ka riri pea, ka whero, ka pupuhi paku hoki. |
| Te toto o ngā kapia i te wā e parai ana i ngā niho | Kāore ngā kapia hauora e toto ana ina paraihia ō niho. Ki te pera, ko te tikanga kua tīmata te pangia o ō kapia (gingivitis). Ko te tino take o tēnei ko te paraka niho. |
He aha ngā mea ka puta ki te kore koe e tiaki i te kāpia niho?
Ki te kore koe e aro ki ngā hiri niho, me te whakaaro, "Āe, he mea iti noa iho tēnei," ka arahi pea ki ngā raruraru nui. Pērā i te mura iti ka huri hei ahi nui.
- Ngā poka: E ai ki taku kōrero i mua ake nei, ka whakaputa waikawa ngā huakita i roto i ngā kapia. Ka tīmata mārire tēnei waikawa ki te kai i te enamel, te uhi mārō o waho o ō niho. I roto i te wā, ka memeha te enamel, ā, ka puta he poka i roto i te niho. Koinei te mea e kīia nei ko te pirau niho.
- Mate kapia: Koinei tētahi o ngā hua tino kino o te hononga niho.
- Wāhanga 1 - Te mate niho pūkahukahu: Ina hanga te paraka i te rārangi kapia, ka mumura ngā kapia. Ko te tikanga ka whero, ka pupuhi, ka toto hoki ina paraihia ō niho. Koinei te wāhanga tuatahi o te mate kapia. Ko te mea pai rawa atu, i tēnei wāhanga, mā te parai tika me te horoi i ngā niho ka taea te whakaora katoa i tēnei mate.
- Wāhanga kino - Periodontitis: Ki te kore koe e rongoā i te Gingivitis, ka taea e ia te huri hei mate kino ake e kiia nei ko te Periodontitis. Koinei te wā ka horapa te mate mā roto i ngā kapia, ka whakangaro i te wheua me ngā hononga e pupuri ana i ngā niho. Ka taea e tēnei te arahi ki tētahi pōke i waenganui i te niho me te kapia, ka taea ai e ngā niho te wetewete, ā, ka taka ki waho.
- Niho pupuhi: Ka taea e te pirau niho te uru hohonu ki roto i te niho, ka puta he mate ki te pūtake o te niho. He āhuatanga tēnei e tino mamae ai.
- Manawa Kino: I te nui haere o te kāpia, ka nui haere hoki te manawa kino.
He aha ngā mea ka taea e tātou te mahi ki te kāinga hei whakahaere i te paraka niho?
Waimarie, he mea ka taea te whakahaere i te paraka niho i te kāinga. Kāore he mea nui e hiahiatia ana, engari me whai i ētahi tikanga māmā o ia rā.1. Te parai tika i ō niho
Koinei te mea tino nui.
- Paraia ō niho kia rua ngā wā i te rā: i te ata i te iti rawa, ā, i mua i te moe i te pō, mō te iti rawa e rua meneti .
- Te paraihe niho tika: Whakamahia he paraihe niho kei roto he fluoride . Ka whakapakari te fluoride i te enamel niho, ā, ka whakaiti i te mahi a ngā huakita.
- He paraihe ngohengohe: He tokomaha e whakaaro ana mā te paraihe ki te paraihe mārō ka horoia ō rātou niho. He hē tēnā. Ka taea e te paraihe ki te paraihe mārō te kino i ō kapia me ō niho. Nō reira, whiriwhiria tonutia he paraihe he huruhuru ngohengohe.
- Te ara tika:Whakatakotoria te paraihe ki te koki 45-tohu ki te wāhi e tūtaki ai ngā niho me ngā kapia, ka paraihe mārire i roto i ngā nekehanga porowhita iti. Me paraihe e koe ngā mata ngaungau katoa, te tuara, me te roto o ō niho kia tino pai.
2. Horoi i te miro i ia rā
Kāore e taea e ngā huruhuru o te paraihe te tae ki ngā āputa whaiti i waenganui i ngā niho e rua. Koinei te wāhi e piri ai te nuinga o te kāpia me ngā matūriki kai.
- Ko te miro niho he tukanga horoi i waenganui i ō niho mā te whakamahi i tētahi aho motuhake. Mā te miro niho i te iti rawa kotahi i te rā, inā koa i mua i te moe, ka āwhina i te tango i te paraka e kore e taea e tō paraihe niho te tango. Ka taea e koe te hoko miro niho i ngā whare rongoā. Ki te kore koe e mōhio me pēhea te whakamahi, pātai atu ki tō tākuta niho.
3. Kai
Ka pā tika te mea e kainga ana e koe ki te hauora o ō niho.
- Whakaitihia te huka me te māngaro: Whakaitihia te kai i ngā inu huka, te tōfi, te tiakarete, ngā keke me ngā pihikete ki te nui e taea ana. Ki te kai koe i ēnei, horoia tō waha, paraihia rānei ō niho tonu.
- Kai i ngā mea pai: He pai ngā huawhenua, ngā hua rākau (pēnei i te aporo me te kāreti), te tīhi, te miraka, me te miraka kawa mō ō niho. Ka whakanui ake i te hanga huware, ā, ka āwhina ki te whakaiti i te waikawa o tō waha.
4. Te toro atu ki te taote niho
Ahakoa te pai o te parai i ō niho, tera tonu pea ētahi wāhi ka toe tonu te paraka ka huri hei tartar.
- He mea tino nui kia toro atu koe ki te tākuta niho i te iti rawa i te kotahi i te tau mō te tirotiro me te horoi ngaio (te whakakoi me te whakakanapa). Mena he mate kapia tōu, ka tono pea tō tākuta kia haere mai koe i ia ono marama. Kaua e wehi ki te toro atu ki tō tākuta me te tiki tohutohu.
Karere Tangohia ki te Kāinga
- He mea e pupū ake ana te paraka niho i roto i te waha o te katoa. Ki te kore e tiakina, ka arahi pea ki te pirau niho me te mate kapia.
- Ka taea e koe te whakakore angitu i te mate kapia i te kāinga mā te parai i ō niho e rua i te rā mō ngā meneti e rua ki te paraihe niho whai fluoride, me te miro niho kotahi i te rā.
- Ki te whakapakeke te papaka, ā, ka huri hei tātā, ko te tākuta niho anake ka taea te tango. Nō reira, he mea nui kia tangohia te papaka i mua i te hanganga o te tātā.
- He āwhina nui te whakawhāiti i ngā kai he nui te huka me te māngaro, me te kai i tētahi kai hauora hei whakahaere i te mate pāwera.
- Ki te toto tō kapia, he haunga kino tō manawa, he raruraru niho rānei kei a koe, kaua e warewarehia, engari me toro atu ki te taote niho mō ētahi tohutohu. He tīmatanga pai te ataata hauora ki te oranga hauora.

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