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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.
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.
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:
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.
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:
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.
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:
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.
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 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:
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.
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:
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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