Ake sifunde kabanzi nge-enamel, evikela ubuhle namandla amazinyo akho!

Wake wazibuza ukuthi amazinyo akho aqine kangaka? Ubani ovikela amazinyo ethu ezintweni esizidlayo nesiziphuzayo, ezintweni ezibandayo nezishisayo? Yingakho amazinyo ethu enesendlalelo esikhethekile nesiqinile kakhulu esibizwa ngokuthi 'i-Enamel'. Le enamel ifana neqhawe lamazinyo ethu. Ake sixoxe ngaleli qhawe lethu namuhla.

Ngakho-ke iyini le enamel?

Kalula nje, i-enamel iyisivikelo esiqinile kakhulu phezulu kwezinyo lakho. Ingxenye yezinyo ongayibona esibukweni (ingxenye engenhla kwensini), esiyibiza nangokuthi umqhele wezinyo, yilokho okukhona kule enamel. Ngokumangalisayo, le enamel iyinto enamandla kakhulu emzimbeni wethu! Yebo, inamandla kunamathambo akho! Ungacabanga ngamandla ayo? Kodwa yize inamandla kangaka, isengalimala uma ungaqaphile.

Uyini umsebenzi oyinhloko we-enamel?

Umsebenzi oyinhloko we-enamel ukuvikela izingxenye ezizwelayo ngaphakathi kwamazinyo ethu - ungqimba lwe-dentin ngaphansi komgodi wezinyo kanye ne-pulp yezinyo ngaphakathi - ezinhlotsheni ezahlukene zomonakalo. Ake sibheke ukuthi ivikela ini:

• Ukubola kwamazinyo (izimbobo): Amazinyo abhujiswa ama-asidi akhiqizwa amabhaktheriya ahlangana noshukela ekudleni esikudlayo.
• Ukuguguleka/ukuguguleka: Amazinyo ayaguguleka ngenxa yokudla neziphuzo ezithile, njengokuhlafuna itshungama.
• Ukutheleleka: Ukutheleleka kwenzeka lapho amagciwane engena ezinyweni.
• Ukuzwela kwamazinyo: Lokhu kubhekisela emuzweni ongavamile wokuthamba kwamazinyo lapho udla noma uphuza into eshisayo, ebandayo, noma emnandi.

Yenziwe ngani i-enamel?

Akumangazi yini ukuthi into enamandla kangaka inamandla kangaka? I-enamel yakhiwe kakhulu ngamaminerali angu-95% abizwa ngokuthi i-calcium ne-phosphorus . Lawa maminerali ahlangana ukuze akhe izakhiwo ezincane eziqinile ezifana nekristalu, esizibiza ngokuthi "amakristalu." Amanye, cishe angu-4% amanzi kanye ne-1% yamaprotheni, akha i-enamel.

Ibukeka kanjani i-enamel?

I-enamel empeleni inombala okhanyayo kancane . Lokho kusho ukuthi ayibonakali ngokuphelele futhi ayibonakali nhlobo, imane nje ayivumeli ukukhanya kudlule. Umbala wesendlalelo se-dentin ngaphansi kwe-enamel empeleni unquma umbala wamazinyo ethu. Ingahluka kusukela kokumhlophe okumpunga kuya kokuphuzi okukhanyayo. Ngakho-ke, inhlanganisela ye-enamel ne-dentin inikeza amazinyo akho umbala omuhle noyingqayizivele.

Yini ebangela ukuthi i-enamel yamazinyo iguge?

Noma kunjalo, noma inamandla kangaka, i-enamel ingaguga ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Yilapho-ke izinkinga ziqala khona. Ake sibheke izizathu eziyinhloko zokuguga kwe-enamel:

• Izici zemvelo:Ukuququda amazinyo nje, ingcindezi esiyibeka ezintweni lapho sihlafuna, kanye nokuguga okuhambisana nokusetshenziswa kwamazinyo nsuku zonke.
• Ukugaya noma ukuquma amazinyo (`Bruxism`): Abanye abantu baquma amazinyo abo ebuthongweni, akunjalo? Noma baquma amazinyo abo emini bengazi. Lokho akukuhle naku-enamel, futhi kungaguga ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
• Iziphuzo ezinoshukela: Ukuphuza njalo iziphuzo ezinoshukela njenge-soda neziphuzo zezithelo ezipakishiwe. Ushukela okulezi ziphuzo uhlangana namagciwane emlonyeni ukuze kwakheke ama-asidi, ancibilikisa i-enamel.
• Ukudla okunoshukela noma isitashi esiningi: Ukudla amaswidi, amabhisikidi, amakhekhe, nokunye ukudla okunositashi esiningi (njengesinkwa nelayisi) kaningi nakho kuyingozi ku-enamel.
• Ukudla okune-asidi: Ukudla amaswidi amaningi omuncu, ukudla okusekelwe kuviniga, kanye nezithelo ezithile (njengolamula namawolintshi) nakho kungalimaza i-enamel.
• Imithi ethile: Eminye imithi ingalimaza i-enamel njengomphumela ongemuhle. Uma uphuza noma yimuphi umuthi isikhathi eside, khuluma nodokotela wakho ngakho.
• Umlomo owomile (`Xerostomia`): Uma ukukhiqizwa kwamathe emlonyeni kuncipha, i-enamel ayivikelwe kakhulu. Amathe ayayiqeda i-asidi emlonyeni futhi asuse izinhlayiya zokudla.
• I-GERD (isifo se-gastroesophageal reflux) noma izinkinga ezifanayo zesisu: I-asidi enzima esiswini ingalimaza i-enamel yamazinyo ngokukhuphukela emphinjeni nasemlonyeni.
• I-Bulimia nervosa: Lesi yisifo sengqondo esihlobene nokudla. Kulesi simo, ukuhlanza okubangelwa nguwe kubangela ukuthi i-enamel iguge ngokushesha njengoba ama-asidi esisu eshaya amazinyo.
• Izakhi zofuzo: Abanye abantu bazalwa bene-enamel encane, okungabangela ukuthi i-enamel yabo iguge ngokushesha kunabanye.

Kwenzekani uma i-enamel iguga ngokuphelele?

Cabanga ukuthi kuzokwenzekani uma ungqimba oluvikelayo lwezinyo lulahleka? Lapho i-enamel iguga, ungqimba olubucayi lwe-dentin ngaphakathi kwezinyo luyadalulwa. Bese, luhlangana ngqo nezinto esizidlayo nesiziphuzayo. Lokhu kwandisa kakhulu ingozi yokuba nezimbobo. Ngaphezu kwalokho:

• Ukuzwela kwamazinyo kuyanda: Ngisho nokuphuza amanzi abandayo amancane, ukudla ucezu lwe-ayisikhilimu, noma ukuphuza inkomishi yetiye elishisayo kungabangela amazinyo akho ukuba abe ndikindiki ngendlela engabekezeleleki.
• Umbala wamazinyo ungashintsha: Njengoba i-enamel iguga, umbala ophuzi we-dentin engaphansi uyabonakala.
• Kukhona futhi amathuba aphezulu okwakheka kwamabala emazinyweni.
• Izinhlangothi zamazinyo zingase zibe ziqinile futhi ziphuke.

Odokotela bamazinyo bangalungisa izimbobo ezincane. Kodwa uma zingelashwa, ngisho nezimbobo ezincane zingakhula zibe zinkulu futhi zibe izifo ezinkulu kanye namathumba abuhlungu amazinyo. Yingakho kubalulekile ukubona udokotela ngokushesha nje lapho ubona ushintsho oluncane ezinyweni zakho, ukungazweli, noma ukushintsha kombala.

Ingabe i-enamel yamazinyo iyakhula futhi?

Lona umbuzo abantu abaningi abawubuzayo. Cha, uma i-enamel yakho igugile ngokuphelele, ngeke iphinde ikhule. I-enamel ayenziwanga ngamaseli emizimbeni yethu, ngakho ayikwazi ukuphinda ikhule. Kodwa ungakhathazeki. Udokotela wakho wamazinyo angabeka umqhele wamazinyo phezu kwezinyo lakho ukuze alivikele ekulimaleni okwengeziwe.

Ngakho-ke, ingabe i-enamel eyonakele ingabuyiselwa?

Nakuba kungenakwenzeka ukubuyisela i-enamel elahlekile ngokuphelele, odokotela bamazinyo bangaqinisa futhi bavuselele i-enamel eyonakele, okungukuthi, egugile kancane noma ebuthaka. Ukwelashwa nge-fluoride kuyindlela eyinhloko esetshenziswa kulokhu.

Ake sifunde kancane ngokwelashwa nge-fluoride.

I-Fluoride iyiminerali eyenzeka ngokwemvelo. Itholakala kokunye kokudla esikudlayo nasemanzini ethu (futhi kwezinye izindawo, i-fluoride iyengezwa emanzini). Ingathathwa njengephilisi, noma udokotela wamazinyo angafaka ijeli ye-fluoride egxilile noma i-varnish ngqo emazinyweni akho. Odokotela bamazinyo basebenzisa i-fluoride ukubuyisela i-enamel yamazinyo ngokwemvelo, okwenza ibe namandla futhi imelane nokubola neminye imonakalo. Lokhu kubaluleke kakhulu emazinyweni ezingane ezincane.

Ngingayinakekela kanjani kahle i-enamel yamazinyo ami?

Into engcono kakhulu ongayenza ukuvikela i-enamel yakho ngaphambi kokuba yonakale, akunjalo? "Ukuvimbela kungcono kunokwelapha," yilokho esikushoyo. Ake sibone ukuthi yini esingayenza ukuze sigcine i-enamel yethu iqinile futhi inempilo. Landela lawa macebiso ukuze ugcine inhlanzeko yomlomo efanele:

• Hlanza amazinyo akho okungenani kabili ngosuku imizuzu emibili. Lokhu kususa i-plaque, i-tartar, namagciwane ebusweni bamazinyo akho, kunciphisa ingozi yokuguguleka kwe-enamel. Uma ungaqiniseki ngendlela efanele yokuhlanza amazinyo akho, buza udokotela wamazinyo.
• Faka amazinyo akho kanye ngosuku. Ukuwafaka kubaluleke njengokusebenzisa amazinyo ukuze ususe izingcezu ezincane zokudla, ukungcola, kanye namagciwane anamathela phakathi kwamazinyo akho lapho ibhulashi lakho lamazinyo lingakwazi ukufinyelela khona.
• Sebenzisa i-toothpaste equkethe i-fluoride. Kunezinhlobo ezahlukene ze-toothpaste emakethe. Khetha eyodwa equkethe i-fluoride. Lokhu kusiza ukuqinisa i-enamel yakho futhi uyivuselele nsuku zonke. Uma ukhetha i-toothpaste, bheka i-ADA (American Dental Association) Seal of Acceptance. Lokhu kusho ukuthi umkhiqizo uhlolwe futhi wavunyelwa ochwepheshe bamazinyo ukuze uphephe futhi usebenze kahle. (ESri Lanka, ungabheka nezincomo ezivela ezinhlanganweni ezifana ne-SLDA).
• Sebenzisa ibhulashi lamazinyo elithambile. Gwema eliphakathi nendawo neliqinile. Liqinile kakhulu futhi lingagugisa i-enamel yakho. Hlanza amazinyo akho kancane,Hlanza ngobumnene, ngaphandle kokucindezela kakhulu. Ngisho noma usebenzisa ibhulashi elithambile, ukuhlanza kakhulu kungalimaza i-enamel.
• Sebenzisa utshani uma uphuza iziphuzo ezine-asidi (njenge-soda neziphuzo ezinoshukela). Lokhu kuzosiza ekunciphiseni inani lotshwala oluthinta amazinyo akho. Kungumqondo omuhle futhi ukugeza umlomo wakho ngamanzi ngemva kokuphuza.
• Hlala unamanzi. Ukuphuza amanzi usuku lonke kusiza ukuhlanza ukungcola, amagciwane, kanye nezinhlayiya zokudla emlonyeni wakho. Ukuthola amanzi anele kungasiza futhi ekunciphiseni ingozi yokulahlekelwa yi-enamel kubantu abanomlomo owomile.
• Yelapha izimo zezokwelapha eziyisisekelo. Uma unezimo ezifana nomlomo owomile (xerostomia), i-GERD, noma i-bulimia nervosa, kubalulekile ukuthi zelashwe ngendlela efanele.
• Uma uququda amazinyo akho ebuthongweni (bruxism), gqoka isivikelo somlomo. Lezi ziyatholakala ngaphandle kwe-oda likadokotela (OTC) emakhemisi nasezitolo ezinkulu. Noma udokotela wamazinyo angakwenzela isivikelo somlomo esifanelana kahle namazinyo akho.
• Hlafuna ushungamu ongenashukela. Lokhu kwandisa ukukhiqizwa kwamathe emlonyeni. Amathe asiza ukugcina i-enamel iphilile.
• Buza udokotela wakho wamazinyo mayelana nezimbozo zamazinyo. Izimbozo zamazinyo ziyizimbozo ezincane, ezifana nepulasitiki ezifakwa ezindaweni zokuhlafuna zamazinyo akho, ikakhulukazi imisele yamazinyo akho angemuva (ama-molars). Njengezimbozo zemvula ezincane, zivikela amazinyo akho ekuboleni, e-tartar, kanye namagciwane ayingozi.
• Bona udokotela wamazinyo njalo, okungenani kanye ngonyaka. Gcina amazinyo nezinsini zakho ziphilile ngokuvakashela udokotela wamazinyo ukuze ahlanzwe futhi ahlolwe njalo.

Ingabe Ukucwenga Amazinyo Kulimaza I-Enamel?

Lokhu kuyinkinga nakubantu abaningi. Uma kwenziwa kahle, ngaphansi kokuqondiswa udokotela wamazinyo, ukucwenga amazinyo ngeke kulimaze i-enamel yakho. Kodwa-ke, eminye imikhiqizo yokucwenga amazinyo, ikakhulukazi leyo esetshenziswa ngaphandle kweseluleko sezokwelapha, ingalimaza amazinyo akho futhi iwenze ome. Uma unesifiso sokwenza amazinyo akho abe mhlophe, kungcono ukukhuluma nodokotela wamazinyo ngakho bese uthola ukuthi yimiphi imikhiqizo ekufanele futhi ephephile kuwe, nokuthi iyiphi indlela engcono kakhulu.

Umyalezo Wokugcina Wokuya Nasekhaya

Ngakho-ke, yize i-enamel iyinto enamandla kakhulu emzimbeni wethu, usuyazi manje ukuthi ingaguga uma inganakekelwa kahle, akunjalo? Yile enamel evikela amazinyo ethu ekuboleni kwamazinyo, ekugugeni, nasezifweni ezahlukahlukene.

Indlela engcono kakhulu yokuvikela i-enamel ukuvimbela ukuthi ingonakali ngaphambi kokuba yenzeke. Lokho kusho ukuzijwayeza imikhuba emihle yokuhlanzeka komlomo nokufuna ukunakekelwa kwamazinyo njalo.

Udokotela wakho wamazinyo angancoma imikhiqizo ye-fluoride ekufanele, futhi akufundise ukuthi ungayiqinisa kanjani i-enamel yamazinyo akho ekhaya. Ngakho-ke, qala ukunakekela lokhu namuhla ukuze ugcine ukumamatheka kwakho okuhle namazinyo aqinile kuze kube phakade, kulungile? Amazinyo akho azokubonga!

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