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Ko te bruxism te kupu rongoā mō te ngihi, te pēhi, te kōkō atu rānei i ō niho. He tino noa atu i tō whakaaro pea, e pā ana ki te miriona o te tangata puta noa te ao, kāore hoki e mōhio ana rātou.
Ka taea e tēnei āhuatanga te puta i te awatea ina ara koe, i te pō rānei i a koe e moe ana. He tokomaha ngā tāngata ka kitea e rongoa ana rātou i te bruxism ina tohutohu te kaitātari niho i ngā niho kua whakahekehia, i te whakarongo rānei i te hoa ki ngā āhua ngihi i te pō.
Ka puta te bruxism ina pēhi koe i ngā uaua o tō kauae, i te ngihi rānei i ō niho ki te kaha nui. Whakaarohia he mahi nui atu tō kauae i te kore o tō whakaae.
E rua ngā momo matua o te bruxism. Ko te bruxism moe ka puta i a koe e moe ana, ā, e kiia ana he mate nekehanga e pā ana ki te moe. Ko te bruxism ara ka puta i te awatea, i te whakaaro nui rānei, i te manukanuka rānei.
Ka taea e te ngihi me te pēhi te kaha ki te whakaoho i a koe, ki te whakaeke rānei i te mamae o te kauae i te ata. Ahakoa ehara te ngihi niho i te wa poto i te mea kino, ka taea e te bruxism roa te arahi ki ngā raruraru niho me ngā mate kauae i te roa o te wā.
He tokomaha ngā tāngata e whai bruxism ana, kāore e mōhio ana rātou kei a rātou, nā te mea ka puta i te moe. Ka taea e ngā tohu te ngāwari i te tīmatanga, engari ka kitea ake i te haere tonu o te āhuatanga.
Ko ēnei ngā tōmhanga tino noa ka pā ki a koe:
Ko te bruxism moe motuhake pea ka puta he āhua ngihi nui e raru ai te moe o tō hoa. Ka oho pea koe me te kauae mamae, ki te whakaaro rānei kua mau tō kauae ki te tūnga.
Ko ētahi tāngata ka pā atu ngā tōmhanga nui atu ki a rātou ki te kore e rongoa te bruxism mō ngā tau. Ka uru atu ēnei ki te kino nui o ngā niho, te mamae o te mata roa, te mate pūnga kauae (TMJ) rānei e pā ana ki te nekehanga o te kauae.
Ka wehea te bruxism ki ētahi momo matua e rua i runga i te wā e puta ai. Ko te mōhiotanga ki te momo kei a koe ka āwhina ki te whakatau i te huarahi maimoatanga pai.
Ko te bruxism moe te ahua tino noa, ā, ka puta i ngā huringa moe. Ka whakarōpūhia hei mate nekehanga e pā ana ki te moe, ā, ka puta pea me ētahi atu raruraru moe pēnei i te apnea moe, te ngunguru rānei.
Ko te bruxism ara ka puta i ngā hāora ara, ā, ka hono pea ki ngā kare-a-roto, te arotahi, ngā tikanga rānei. Ka pēhi pea koe i tō kauae ina manukanuka koe, ina manukanuka rānei, ina aro nui rānei ki tētahi mahi. Ko tēnei momo te nuinga mō te pēhi kauae, ehara i te ngihi niho.
Ko ētahi tāngata ka pā atu ngā momo e rua, ahakoa he nui ake tetahi i tetahi. Ka taea e tō kaitātari niho, tō tākuta rānei te āwhina ki te tohu i te momo e pā ana ki a koe i runga i ō tōmhanga me te tauira o te kakahu niho.
Kāore i te marama tonu te take tika o te bruxism, engari kua tohua e ngā kairangahau ngā take maha e āwhina ana ki te ngihi niho me te pēhi kauae. Ka puta pea i te whakakotahitanga o ngā take tinana, hinengaro, me ngā ira.
Ko ēnei ngā take tino noa:
He mea nui hoki te pakeke, nā te mea he tino noa te bruxism i ngā tamariki, ā, ka heke pea me te pakeke. Heoi, ka taea te whanake i tetahi wā o te ora, ina koa i ngā wā o te ahotea nui, i ngā huringa nui o te ora rānei.
I ētahi wā, ka rere te bruxism i roto i ngā whānau, e whakaatu ana i te waahanga ira. Ki te ngihi ō mātua, ō teina rānei i ō rātou niho, ka nui ake pea tō tūponotanga ki te whanake i te āhuatanga.
Me whakaaro koe ki te kite i tētahi kaiwhakarongo hauora ki te kite koe i ngā tōmhanga pumau, ki te pā rānei te bruxism ki tō oranga o ia rā. Ka taea e te whakauru wawe te aukati i ngā raruraru nui ake i muri mai.
Whakatau rānei he hui ki te pā atu ki a koe te mamae o te kauae, ngā mamae o te upoko, te kite rānei i ō niho e whakahekehia ana, e pakaru ana rānei. Ko tō kaitātari niho pea te tuatahi ki te kite i ngā tohu o te bruxism i ngā horoi noa, ā, i mua atu o tō kite i ngā tōmhanga.
Rapua te awhina hauora i mua atu ki te pā atu ki a koe ngā tōmhanga nui pēnei i te uaua ki te tuwhera i tō waha, te mamae o te mata tonu, te whakapōrōrangi rānei a tō hoa moe ki ngā āhua ngihi nui. E whakaatu ana ēnei tohu i te bruxism nui ake e hiahia ana ki te aromatawai ngaio.
Kaua e tatari ki te pā atu ki a koe te mamae o te taringa, kāore he mate taringa, te pāwhiri rānei, te mau rānei o tō kauae. Ka taea e ēnei tōmhanga te tohu i ngā raruraru pūnga kauae ka kino ake me te kore rongoa.
He maha ngā take ka piki ake tō tūponotanga ki te whanake i te bruxism. Ka taea e te mōhiotanga ki ēnei take tūponotanga te āwhina i a koe ki te tango i ngā kaupae aukati, ki te rapu rongoa wawe rānei.
Ko ēnei ngā take tūponotanga noa:
Ko te whai i tetahi take tūponotanga, te maha atu rānei, kāore e tikanga ka whanake koe i te bruxism. Heoi, ko te mōhiotanga ki ēnei take ka taea te āwhina i a koe me tō kaiwhakarongo hauora ki te tirotiro i ngā tohu wawe.
Ko ētahi take tūponotanga, pēnei i te ahotea me ngā tikanga oranga, ka taea te whakarereke mā ngā huringa i tō mahi o ia rā, i ngā tikanga whakahaere ahotea rānei. Ko ētahi atu, pēnei i ngā ira, ngā āhuatanga hauora rānei, e hiahia ana ki te tirotiro tonu me te whakahaere.
Ahakoa pea kāore te bruxism ngāwari e puta he raruraru nui, ka taea e te ngihi niho roa te arahi ki ngā raruraru maha i te roa o te wā. Ko te rongo pai, ko te nuinga o ngā raruraru ka taea te aukati mā te maimoatanga tika.
Ko ēnei ngā raruraru pea:
I ētahi wā, ka taea e te bruxism nui te whakaeke i te kino nui o ngā niho e hiahia ana ki te mahi whakaora whānui pēnei i ngā karauna, ngā piriti, ngā whakauru rānei. Ka taea hoki te nui haere o ngā uaua kauae i te pēhi tonu, ka taea te whakarereke i te ahua o tō mata.
Ko te nuinga o ngā tāngata e whai bruxism ana kāore e pā atu ngā raruraru nui, ina koa mā te maimoatanga me te whakahaere tika. Ka āwhina ngā tirotiro niho noa ki te hopu i ngā raruraru i mua i te kino.
Ahakoa kāore e taea e koe te aukati katoa i te bruxism, ina koa ki te pā ana ki ngā ira, ki ngā āhuatanga hauora rānei, he maha ngā rautaki ka taea te whakaiti i tō tūponotanga, i te whakaiti rānei i ngā tōmhanga. Ko te aukati e aro ana ki te whakahaere i te ahotea me te pupuri i ngā tikanga moe pai.
Ko ēnei ngā rautaki aukati whai hua:
Ko te whakaaro ki te pēhi kauae i te awatea ka taea te āwhina. Whakamātauria te pupuri i ō ngutu tahi me ō niho iti rawa atu, ā, whakamahinga ngā uaua kauae ina kite koe kei te hanga te ahotea.
Ki te tango koe i ngā rongoā ka taea te āwhina ki te bruxism, kōrerohia ngā huarahi atu ki tō tākuta. Heoi, kaua rawa e mutu ngā rongoā kua tohua e te kore kaiārahi hauora.
Ko te whakatau i te bruxism e tīmata ana mā te whakamātau niho, kei reira te kaitātari niho e titiro ana ki ngā tohu o te kakahu niho me te ngawari o ngā uaua kauae. Ka taea e rātou te kite i te āhuatanga i mua atu o tō kite i ngā tōmhanga.
Ka tirotirohia e tō kaitātari niho ō niho mō ngā mata kua pēhia, ngā wahi kua pakaru rānei, ngā tauira kakahu rānei. Ka tirotirohia hoki e rātou ō uaua kauae mō te ngawari, ā, ka aromatawai me pēhea te nekehanga o tō kauae ina tuwhera, ina kati rānei tō waha.
Mō te bruxism moe, ka taea e tō tākuta te tūtohutia he ako moe ki te whakaaro rātou kei ngā mate moe. Ka uru atu tēnei ki te tirotiro i ō tauira moe, te manawa, te mahi uaua rānei i te pō i tētahi whare hauora motuhake.
I ētahi wā, ka taea e tō kaitātari niho te hoatu ki a koe he taputapu ka taea te kawe ki te kāinga e ine ana i te mahi uaua kauae i te moe. Ka āwhina tēnei ki te whakau i te whakatau, ki te whakatau rānei i te kino o tō bruxism.
Ko te maimoatanga mō te bruxism e aro ana ki te tiaki i ō niho mai i te kino, ki te whakautu rānei i ngā take. Ka tūtohu tō kaitātari niho, tō tākuta rānei i te huarahi pai i runga i tō āhuatanga motuhake me ō tōmhanga.
Ko ēnei ngā kōwhiringa maimoatanga noa:
Ko ngā tiaki po te maimoatanga tino noa, ā, e mahi ana mā te hanga i te parenga tiaki i waenganui i ō niho o runga me ō niho o raro. Ko ngā tiaki kua oti te whakarite mai i tō kaitātari niho he mārie ake, he whai hua ake i ngā kōwhiringa kei te hokona.
Mō te bruxism i te awatea, ko te ako ki te mohio me te mutu i te pēhi kauae ka tino whai hua. Ka akona pea koe e tō kaitātari niho ki ngā whakakorikori hei whakamahinga i ō uaua kauae, hei whakarereke rānei i ngā tikanga kino.
I ētahi wā, ina nui te bruxism, kāore hoki e whakautu ki ētahi atu maimoatanga, ka taea e tō tākuta te tūtohutia ngā whakauru nui ake pēnei i te maimoatanga orthodontic, te pokanga rānei.
Ko te whakahaere i te bruxism i te kāinga e whakauru ana i te whakaiti ahotea, ngā tikanga moe pai, te tiaki rānei i ō niho. Ka taea e ēnei mahi tiaki ake te whakaiti i ngā tōmhanga, te aukati rānei i ngā raruraru.
Ko ēnei ngā maimoatanga kāinga whai hua:
Ka taea e te hanga i te kaupapa moe mālie te āwhina ki te whakaiti i te ngihi pō. Whakamātauria ngā mahi pēnei i te pānui, te whakakorikori ngāwari, te whakarongo rānei ki te waiata mālie i mua i te moe.
Aro atu ki te wā e pēhi ana koe i tō kauae i te awatea, ā, whakamahinga aua uaua. Ka taea e te whakatakoto i ngā whakamaharatanga i runga i tō waea te āwhina i a koe ki te tirotiro i tō ahotea kauae.
Ko te whakamahere mō tō hui e āwhina ana ki te whakarite ka whiwhi koe i te whakatau tika me te mahere maimoatanga whai hua. Ka hiahia tō tākuta ki te mōhio ki ō tōmhanga, ngā tauira moe, ngā take oranga rānei.
I mua i tō hui, pupurihia he puka moe mō te wiki e tohu ana i te wā e moe ai koe, e oho ai rānei, me ngā tōmhanga katoa e pā ana ki a koe. Tuhia hoki ō taumata ahotea me ngā mamae kauae, ngā mamae upoko rānei puta noa te rā.
Kawe mai he rārangi o ngā rongoā katoa e tango ana koe, tae atu ki ngā rongoā kei te hokona, ngā taapiri rānei. Ka taea e ētahi rongoā te āwhina ki te bruxism, no reira he mea nui tēnei mōhiohio mō tō tākuta.
Tono atu ki tō hoa moe kia tohu i ngā āhua ngihi, i ētahi atu āhuatanga moe rānei kua kitea e rātou. Ka taea e tēnei mōhiohio te āwhina i tō tākuta ki te mōhio ki te kino me te wā o tō bruxism.
Tuhia ngā pātai e hiahia ana koe ki te ui, pēnei i ngā kōwhiringa maimoatanga, ngā hua e tumanakohia ana, me te āhua o te aukati i ngā raruraru. Kaua e whakaroa ki te ui mō tetahi mea e awangawanga ana koe.
Ko te bruxism he āhuatanga noa, engari ka taea te whakahaere, e pā ana ki te miriona o te tangata. Ko te mea nui rawa atu hei mahara, ko te kite wawe me te maimoatanga ka taea te aukati i ngā raruraru nui, te whakapai ake rānei i tō kounga ora.
Ahakoa kāore e taea te whakaora katoa i te bruxism, ka taea te whakahaere whai hua mā te whakakotahitanga tika o ngā maimoatanga. Ko te nuinga o ngā tāngata ka kite i te whakapainga nui mā te tiaki tika, ahakoa he tiaki po, he whakahaere ahotea, he huringa oranga rānei.
Kaua e wareware ki te mamae kauae pumau, ngā mamae upoko, te ngawari niho rānei. Ko ēnei tōmhanga ka pai ake i te tere i te wā e tīmata ana koe i te maimoatanga tika, ā, ko te whakautu wawe ka aukati i ngā raruraru nui ake.
Mahara ko te whakahaere i te bruxism he tukanga haere tonu, ehara i tetahi whakatikatika kotahi. Ko te mahi tahi me tō rōpū hauora, te pupuri tonu rānei i tō mahere maimoatanga ka hoatu ki a koe te tūponotanga pai rawa atu ki te whakahaere i ngā tōmhanga, ki te tiaki rānei i ō niho.
Ko te bruxism i ngā tamariki ka mutu pea i a rātou e tipu ake ana, engari ko te bruxism pakeke e hiahia ana ki te maimoatanga hei aukati i ngā raruraru. Ahakoa ka pai ake pea te ngihi e pā ana ki te ahotea ina tangohia ngā mea whakaoho, ko te bruxism roa e hiahia ana ki te whakahaere tonu hei tiaki i ō niho me tō kauae.
Ae, ka taea te rere o te bruxism i roto i ngā whānau, e whakaatu ana i te waahanga ira. Ki te ngihi ō mātua, ō teina rānei i ō rātou niho, he nui ake tō tūponotanga ki te whanake i te āhuatanga. Heoi, ko te whai i te hītori whānau kāore e whakamana ka whanake koe i te bruxism, ā, he mea nui hoki ngā take taiao pēnei i te ahotea.
Ka taea e te bruxism nui, te kore rongoa rānei te whakaeke i te kino niho pumau tae atu ki te enamel kua whakahekehia, ngā wahi kua pakaru, ngā wahi kua pakaru rānei, te ngaro rānei o ngā niho. Heoi, mā te maimoatanga tika pēnei i ngā tiaki po me te whakautu i ngā take, ka taea te aukati i te kino atu. Ka taea pea te whakatika i te kino o nāianei mā ngā mahi niho.
Ka taea e ngā tiaki po kei te hokona te hoatu i ētahi tiaki, engari ko ngā tiaki kua oti te whakarite mai i tō kaitātari niho he whai hua ake, he mārie ake. Kāore pea ngā tiaki whānui e tika ana, ka taea te whakaeke i te mamae kauae, te kore rānei e tiaki tika i ō niho. Mō ngā hua pai rawa atu, whakamahia he tiaki kua oti te hanga mā te ngaio.
Ahakoa ka taea e te whakahaere ahotea te whakaiti i ngā tōmhanga o te bruxism, ina koa mō te pēhi i te awatea, kāore pea e whakakore katoa i te āhuatanga. Ko te bruxism he maha ngā take e āwhina ana tae atu ki ngā ira, ngā mate moe, ngā raruraru ngau rānei. Ko te huarahi maimoatanga whānui e whakautu ana ki ngā take katoa te mahi pai.
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