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He aha ngā rua niho? Ngā tohu, ngā take, me te rongoā
He aha ngā rua niho? Ngā tohu, ngā take, me te rongoā

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He aha ngā rua niho? Ngā tohu, ngā take, me te rongoā

October 10, 2025


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Ko ngā rua niho he ngā pōka iti e puta ana i ō niho ina kai te mate huaketo i te waikura e kai ana i te mata pakeke o te niho. Whakaarohia he ngā pōka iti e tupu ana i te wā roa ina kai te mate huaketo kino kei roto i tō waha i ngā huka me ngā pūmua mai i te kai, e hanga ana i te waikura e whakawaiwai ana, e whakangaro ana i te enamel niho.

Tata ki te katoa ka whai rua niho i roto i tō rātou oranga. Ko te rongo pai, ka taea te aukati katoa i ngā rua niho mā te tiaki tika, ā, ki te hopukina i te wā wawe, ka ngāwari te rongoā mā ngā mahi niho ngāwari.

He aha ngā rua niho?

Ko ngā rua niho he pakaru mau tonu ki te mata pakeke o ō niho e tupu ana hei ngā pouaka iti, hei ngā pōka rānei. Kei roto i tō waha ngā mate huaketo, ā, ina hono ngā mate huaketo ki ngā pūhui kai me te waipū, ka hanga e rātou he kiri piripiri e kiia nei ko te kiri e piri ana ki ō niho.

Ina kai koe, inu rānei i tetahi mea he huka, he pūmua rānei, ka hanga e ngā mate huaketo kei roto i te kiri te waikura. Ka whakaeke te waikura nei i tō enamel niho, arā, te paparanga o waho pakeke o ō niho. I te wā roa, ka whakawaiwai ngā whakaeke waikura i te enamel tae noa ki te pakaru katoa, ka hanga he rua niho.

Kāore ngā rua niho e puta i te pō kotahi. Ka tupu haere mā te tukanga ka roa pea ngā marama, ngā tau rānei, koia te take i nui ai ngā tirotiro niho ā-rā nui mō te hopu i te wā wawe.

He aha ngā tohu o ngā rua niho?

I te nuinga o te wā, kāore ngā rua niho i te wā tīmata e puta ai he tohu e kitea ana, koia te take ka taea e rātou te ngāwari ki a koe. Ina nui haere te rua niho, ka hohonu ki roto i tō niho, ka tīmata koe ki te kite i ngā tohu whakatūpato mārama e kore e tika ana tetahi mea.

Koinei ngā tohu tino noa ka pā atu ki a koe:

  • Te mamae niho e haere mai ana, e haere atu ana rānei, e puta ana rānei ina ngau koe i raro
  • Te mamae koi, ohorere ina kai, inu rānei i tetahi mea reka, wera, makariri rānei
  • Ngā pōka, ngā poka rānei e kitea ana, e kitea ana rānei mā tō arero
  • Te whakairo parauri, pango, ma rānei i te mata o ō niho
  • Te manawa kino e kore e ngaro ahakoa te horoi
  • Te reka kino kei roto i tō waha e roa ana

Ko te mamae te tohu e tono ana i te tangata ki te taote niho, engari i taua wā, kua nui haere te rua niho. Ko te wā e hopukina ai e koe ēnei tohu, ka ngāwari, ka iti ake te utu o tō rongoā.

He aha ngā momo rua niho?

Ka whakarōpū ngā taote niho i ngā rua niho i runga i te wāhi e tupu ai rātou i tō niho. Ka pā ia momo ki ngā wāhanga rerekē o te hanganga o tō niho, ā, ka hiahiatia pea ngā huarahi rongoā iti rerekē.

Ko ēnei ngā momo matua e toru:

  • Ngā rua mata māeneene: Ka hanga ēnei i ngā taha papatahi o ō niho, ā, ka tupu haere, koia te take i ngāwari ai te aukati me te rongoā
  • Ngā rua poka me ngā rua waikura: Ka puta ēnei i ngā rua me ngā waikura i runga i ngā mata ngau o ō niho muri, te wāhi e ngāwari ai te hopu i te kiri
  • Ngā rua pakiaka: Ka tupu ēnei i runga i ngā mata pakiaka o ngā niho ina heke ngā kanohi, ka whakaputaina te rawa pakiaka ngawari ki ngā mate huaketo

Ko ngā rua poka me ngā rua waikura te momo tino noa, ina koa ki ngā tamariki me ngā taitamariki. Ka pā ngā rua pakiaka ki ngā pakeke kua heke ngā kanohi i te wā roa, ka whakaputaina ake ngā mata niho ngoikore.

He aha ngā take o ngā rua niho?

Ka tupu ngā rua niho ina hanga e ngā mate huaketo motuhake kei roto i tō waha he taiao waikura e pakaru ana i tō enamel niho. Ka puta tēnei tukanga ina huihui ngā take maha i roto i ngā āhuatanga tika hei pakaru i ō niho.

Ko ēnei ngā take matua e āwhina ana ki te hanganga rua niho:

  • Ngā mate huaketo: Ko ngā mate huaketo kino penei i te Streptococcus mutans e noho ana i roto i tō waha, e kai ana i ngā huka
  • Te kai maha: Ko te kai, te inu rānei i ngā kai huka, pūmua rānei i te rā katoa ka hoatu ki ngā mate huaketo te whakakī tonu
  • Te horoi waha kino: Ko te kore e horoi, te kōtui rānei i ia rā ka tuku i te kiri ki te hanga, ki te pakari
  • Te waha maroke: Ka āwhina te waipū ki te whakakore i te waikura, no reira ka nui ake te tūponotanga o te rua niho ina iti te waipū
  • Ngā kai, ngā inu waikura: Ko te wai reka, ngā hua citrus, me ētahi atu mea waikura ka whakawaiwai tika i te enamel niho
  • Ngā mahi niho kua whakamahia: Ka taea e ngā whakakī tawhito, ngā karauna rānei te hanga i ngā rua e huna ana ngā mate huaketo

Ko ngā take iti ake, engari he mea nui, ko ētahi rongoā e whakaiti ana i te whakaputa waipū, ngā āhuatanga hauora penei i te mate huka e pā ana ki te taiao o tō waha, me ngā take ira e pā ana ki te kaha o tō enamel niho. He maha ngā tangata e tino pā ana ki ngā rua niho ahakoa ngā tikanga tiaki waha pai.

Nōhea te haere ki te taote mō ngā rua niho?

Me haere koe ki tō taote niho i te wā e kitea ana e koe ngā tohu o te rua niho pea. Ko te rongoā wawe te ngāwari tonu, te iti ake te mamae, te iti ake te utu i te tatari tae noa ki te kino ake o te raruraru.

Whakahaere he whakatau i te wā tonu ki te pā atu ki a koe te mamae niho, te ngawari ki ngā kai wera, makariri rānei, ngā tohu pouri e kitea ana rānei i ō niho. Ahakoa te haere mai, te haere atu rānei o te mamae, kei te kōrero atu koe ki a koe kei te hiahia tetahi mea ki te aro.

Me haere hoki koe ki tō taote niho i ia ono marama mō ngā tirotiro, ahakoa te pai o tō ahua. Ka taea e ngā taote niho te kite i ngā rua niho i ō rātou wā tīmata i mua i te kitea o ētahi tohu, ina ngāwari, ina tino whai hua te rongoā.

He aha ngā take tūponotanga mō ngā rua niho?

He maha ngā tangata e tino pā ana ki te whanake i ngā rua niho nā ngā take kaore e taea e rātou te whakahaere, ā, he maha atu ngā tangata e nui ake te tūponotanga nā ngā whiringa oranga. Ko te mārama ki ō take tūponotanga whaiaro ka āwhina i a koe ki te tango i ngā kaupae tika hei tiaki i ō niho.

Koinei ngā take matua e whakanui ake ana i tō tūponotanga rua niho:

  • Te tau: Ko ngā tamariki iti rawa me ngā pakeke kua nui ake te tūponotanga nā te whanake, te ngoikore rānei o te enamel
  • Te wāhi o ngā niho: He maha ngā rua me ngā waikura kei ngā niho muri te wāhi e taea ai te huna i te kiri
  • Te kai maha: Ko te whakaatu tonu ki ngā huka me ngā waikura i te rā katoa
  • Ngā inu huka, waikura rānei: Ko te kai tonu i te wai reka, wai hua, inu hākinakina rānei
  • Te kore o te fluoride: Ko te kore e whiwhi i te fluoride nui mai i te mīti niho, wai inu rānei
  • Ngā āhuatanga waha maroke: Ngā rongoā, ngā maimoatanga hauora, ngā mate rānei e whakaiti ana i te waipū
  • Ngā mate kai: Ko ngā āhuatanga penei i te bulimia e whakaputaina ana ngā niho ki te waikura puku maha

Ko ētahi take onge ko ngā āhuatanga ira e pā ana ki te hanganga enamel niho me ētahi maimoatanga mate pukupuku e pakaru ana i ngā whekau waipū. Ki te maha ō take tūponotanga, ka nui ake te mahi tahi me tō taote niho i runga i te mahere aukati.

He aha ngā raruraru pea o ngā rua niho?

Ina hopukina, ina rongoāhia ngā rua niho i te wā wawe, kāore rātou e tino puta he raruraru. Heoi, ka taea e ngā rua niho kore rongoā te arahi ki ngā raruraru kino ake e pā ana ki ō niho, ki tō hauora whānui, ki tō kounga oranga hoki.

Ko ēnei ngā raruraru noa mai i ngā rua niho kore rongoā:

  • Te mate niho (abscess): Ka taea e ngā mate huaketo te tae atu ki te pulp o roto o te niho, ka puta he mamae nui, he pupuhi
  • Te ngaro niho: Ka hiahiatia pea te tango i ngā niho kino rawa ki te kore e taea te whakaora
  • Ngā raruraru ngau: Ka uaua te kai tika ina ngaro, ina mamae rānei ngā niho
  • Ngā raruraru wāhi: Ka taea e ngā niho ngaro te whakaputa i ngā niho e toe ana ki te neke, ki te hanga rānei i ngā raruraru ngau
  • Ngā mate kino: Ka taea e ngā mate niho te horapa ki ētahi atu wāhanga o tō tinana

I etahi wa onge, ka taea e ngā mate niho kino te arahi ki ngā raruraru mate kino penei i te sepsis, ina koa ki ngā tangata he pūnaha ārai ngoikore. Koia te take i whakatenatena ai ngā taote niho te nui o te rongoā i ngā rua niho i te wā tika i te tumanako ka ngaro rātou.

Me pēhea te aukati i ngā rua niho?

He tino ngāwari, he iti ake te utu te aukati i ngā rua niho i te rongoā. Ko te rongo pai, mā ngā tikanga o ia rā me te tiaki niho ā-rā, ka taea e koe te whakaiti nui i tō tūponotanga ki te whanake i ngā rua niho hou.

Koinei ngā rautaki aukati tino whai hua:

  • Horoi rua i ia rā: Whakamahia te mīti niho fluoride, horoia mō te rua meneti i ia wā
  • Kōtui i ia rā: Horoi i waenga i ngā niho te wāhi kaore e taea e tō mīti niho te tae atu
  • Whakaitihia ngā kai huka: Whakaitihia te auau o te kai i ngā mea reka me ngā kai piripiri
  • Inu wai: Kōwhiria te wai i ngā inu huka, ina koa te wai tapu fluoride
  • Ngaumanga i te ngākau huka kore: Ka āwhina tēnei ki te whakaputa waipū e whakakore ana i te waikura
  • Whiwhi i ngā horoi ā-ture: Ka tangohia e ngā horoi ā-ture te kiri kaore e taea e koe te tae atu ki te kāinga
  • Whakaarohia ngā hiri niho: Ka āwhina ēnei hipoki tiaki ki te aukati i ngā rua niho i runga i ngā niho muri

Ka taea hoki e tō taote niho te tūtohutia ngā maimoatanga fluoride atu, ngā horoi waha rongoā rānei ki te nui atu tō tūponotanga. Ko te hanga i ēnei tikanga hei wāhanga o ō tikanga o ia rā ka hanga he tiaki kaha ki ngā mate huaketo e hanga ana i te rua niho.

Me pēhea te whakatau i ngā rua niho?

Ka taea e tō taote niho te kite i ngā rua niho i te wā tirotiro ā-rā, i mua atu i te kitea o ētahi tohu. Ka whakamahi rātou i ngā tikanga maha hei kimi i ngā rua niho, hei whakatau rānei i te nui o te pakaru.

Ko te tukanga whakatau i te nuinga o te wā e whakauru ana i te tirotiro kanohi te wāhi e titiro ana tō taote niho ki ngā tohu e kitea ana o te pirau, te whakairo, ngā pōka rānei i ō niho. Ka whakamahi hoki rātou i tetahi taputapu iti hei tirotiro ngawari mō ngā pito ngawari i te enamel niho e tohu ana i te pirau.

Ka whakaatu ngā X-ray i ngā rua niho kaore e kitea e te kanohi, ina koa ngā mea kei waenga i ngā niho, kei raro rānei i ngā whakakī o nāianei. Kei etahi tari niho ngā rama motuhake, ngā pūnaha whakaahua matihiko rānei e taea ai te kite i ngā tohu wawe o te pirau i mua i te hanganga katoa o ngā rua niho.

He aha te rongoā mō ngā rua niho?

Ko te rongoā mō ngā rua niho e whakawhirinaki ana ki te nui, ki te hohonu rānei o te kitea. Ko te wā wawe e hopukina ai te rua niho, ka ngāwari, ka iti ake te whakauru o tō rongoā.

Mō ngā rua niho iti e pā ana ki te enamel anake, ka tangohia e tō taote niho te wāhanga pirau, ka whakakiia te pōka ki te taonga whakakī niho penei i te resin composite, amalgam, ceramic rānei. Ko tēnei tukanga te tere tonu, ā, ka taea te mahi i te nuinga o te wā mā te whakamahinga o te anesthetic rohe anake.

Ko ngā rua niho nui ake e tae ana ki te pulp o roto o te niho pea ka hiahiatia he maimoatanga root canal hei tango i te kiko kua pangia, ka whai ake he karauna hei tiaki i te hanganga niho e toe ana. I ngā take kino kaore e taea te whakaora i te niho, pea ka hiahiatia te tango, ka whai ake te whakakapi mā te piriti, te whakakapi, te niho wāhanga rānei.

Ka taea te whakahoki i ngā rua niho tino wawe kaore ano kia hangaia ngā pōka mā ngā maimoatanga fluoride e āwhina ana ki te whakahoki i te enamel niho, ki te whakakaha.

Me pēhea te whakahaere i ngā rua niho i te kāinga?

Ahakoa kaore e taea e koe te whakaora i ngā rua niho i te kāinga, ka taea e koe te whakahaere i te kore ngāwari, te aukati rānei i te kino ake i te tatari mō tō whakatau niho. Ko te tiaki kāinga e aro ana ki te whakaora i te mamae me te tiaki i ō niho mai i te pakaru atu.

Mō te whakaora i te mamae, ka taea e ngā rongoā mamae kore-whakahaunga penei i te ibuprofen, acetaminophen rānei te whakaiti i te kore ngāwari. Ka taea hoki e te horoi mā te wai tote mahana te hoatu i te whakaora wā poto, te āwhina rānei ki te pupuri i te wāhi kia ma.

Kaua e kai, inu rānei i ngā kai, inu wera rawa, makariri, reka rānei e whakaohooho ana i te ngawari. Ngau i te taha ke o tō waha ki te taea, ā, kia mau tonu te horoi ngawari i te wāhi kua pā ki te aukati i te hanga kiri atu.

Kia mahara ko ēnei ngā mahi wā poto. Ko te rongoā niho ngaio anake ka taea te whakatika i te rua niho me te aukati i te puta mai o ngā raruraru nui ake.

Me pēhea te whakarite mō tō whakatau niho?

Ko te whakarite mō tō whakatau niho e āwhina ana ki te whakarite ka whiwhi koe i te rongoā tino whai hua, ka pai ake te ahua i te wā o tō haerenga. Ka taea e te whakarite iti te whakamaarama i te wheako katoa mōu me tō taote niho.

Tuhia katoa ō tohu, tae atu ki te wā i tīmata ai rātou me te aha e whakaohooho ana i a rātou. Kia mōhio ki ēhea niho e mamae ana, me te mau tonu rānei, te haere mai, te haere atu rānei o te mamae. Ka āwhina ēnei korero i tō taote niho ki te mārama ki te nui o te raruraru.

Kawe mai he rārangi o ngā rongoā katoa e inu ana koe, tae atu ki ngā rongoā kore-whakahaunga me ngā taapiri. Ka taea e ētahi rongoā te pā ki te maimoatanga niho, ki te mahi tahi rānei me ngā anesthetics pea ka whakamahia e tō taote niho.

Whakaritea ngā pātai mō ō whiringa rongoā, ngā utu, me te aha ka tumanakohia i te wā whakaora. Kaua e whakaroa ki te ui mō ngā whiringa whakahaere mamae, ngā whiringa whakaū rānei ki te manukanuka koe ki te tukanga.

He aha te mea nui mō ngā rua niho?

Ko ngā rua niho tētahi o ngā raruraru hauora tino noa puta noa i te ao, engari ko tētahi o ngā mea tino taea te aukati. Mā ngā tikanga horoi waha o ia rā me ngā tirotiro niho ā-rā, ka taea e te nuinga o te iwi te karo i ngā rua niho katoa, te hopu rānei i te wā wawe ina ngāwari te rongoā.

Ko te mea nui hei mahara ko te kore e ora ngā rua niho i a rātou anō. Ka kino ake noa iho i te wā roa, ka arahi ki te rongoā uaua ake, utu nui ake hoki. Ko te kite wawe me te rongoā ka pupuri i ngā raruraru iti mai i te nui.

Ko te tiaki i ō niho he haumi ki tō hauora whānui me tō kounga oranga. Ko ngā tikanga e hanga ana e koe i tēnei rā ka mahi pai mō koe mo ngā tekau tau e haere mai ana, ka āwhina i a koe ki te pupuri i ō niho tūturu kia kaha, kia hauora.

Ngā pātai e ui pinepinetia ana mō ngā rua niho

Ka taea e ngā rua niho te ngaro i a rātou anō?

Ina kua hangaia e te rua niho he pōka i tō niho, kaore e taea te whakaora, te ngaro rānei i a ia anō. Heoi, ka taea te whakahoki i ngā wā tīmata o te pirau niho mā ngā maimoatanga fluoride me te whakapai ake i te horoi waha i mua i te hanganga o te rua niho. Koia te take i nui ai ngā tirotiro niho ā-rā mō te hopu i ngā raruraru i te wā wawe.

E hia te roa o te hanganga rua niho?

Ka rerekē te hanganga rua niho mai i te tangata ki te tangata, engari ka roa pea ngā marama ki ngā tau mō te whanake rua niho. Ko ngā take penei i tō horoi waha, kai, whakaputa waipū, me ngā take ira katoa e pā ana ki te tere o te pirau. Ka taea e ētahi tangata te whanake i ngā rua niho i roto i ngā marama torutoru, ā, ka roa pea ngā tau mō ētahi atu.

He mate huaketo ngā rua niho?

Ka taea te tuku i ngā mate huaketo e hanga ana i ngā rua niho mai i te tangata ki te tangata mā te waipū, penei i te whakawhāiti i ngā taputapu, te kīhi, te ngau rānei i te kai mō ngā tamariki e ngā mātua. Heoi, ko te whakaatu noa ki ēnei mate huaketo kāore e tino tikanga ka whiwhi koe i ngā rua niho. Ko ō tikanga horoi waha, kai, me ētahi atu take e whakatau ana mēnā ka puta he raruraru i ngā mate huaketo.

He mea nui ngā rua niho pēpi ki te taka atu rātou?

Āe, he mea nui te rongoā i ngā rua niho pēpi, nā te mea e pupuri ana rātou i te wāhi mō ngā niho mau tonu, ā, e āwhina ana i ngā tamariki ki te ngau, ki te kōrero tika hoki. Ka taea e ngā rua niho kore rongoā i ngā niho pēpi te puta he mamae, he mate, me ngā raruraru ki ngā niho mau tonu e whanake ana i raro. Ka taea hoki te pā ki te kai, te moe, me te hauora whānui o te tamaiti.

Ka taea e koe te whiwhi rua niho ahakoa te horoi waha pai?

Ahakoa te whakaiti nui o te horoi waha pai i tō tūponotanga, he maha ngā tangata e tino pā ana ki ngā rua niho nā ngā take penei i ngā take ira, ngā āhuatanga waha maroke, ētahi rongoā, ngā āhuatanga hauora rānei. Pea ka hiahia ēnei tangata ki ētahi atu mahi aukati penei i ngā maimoatanga fluoride rongoā, ngā horoi niho ā-rā pinepine rānei hei pupuri i te hauora waha pai.

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