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Ko ngā niho whakaaro ko tō tuatoru huinga o ngā molar e puta ana i te nuinga o te wā i ngā tau tekau whakamutunga o tō tamarikitanga, i ngā tau rua tekau rānei. I huaina ēnei niho o muri hei niho whakaaro, nā te mea ka puta mai i te wā kua pakeke koe, ā, e whakaarohia ana he 'whakaaro nui' atu i te wā i puta mai ai ō niho atu i te wā o tō tamarikitanga.
Ko te nuinga o te iwi e whā ngā niho whakaaro e whānau ana, tētahi i ia kokonga o o ratou mangai. Heoi, ko ētahi atu ka iti ake rānei, kāohore rānei. Ahakoa i mahi pai ēnei niho mō ō tātou tūpuna mō te ngau kai pakeke, ko ngā kauae o nāianei he iti rawa te rahi ki te whakawātea pai i a rātou.
Ka mōhio koe ki te koretake, ki te pehanga rānei i muri o tō mangai ina tīmata ngā niho whakaaro te puta. Ko tēnei tukanga, e kiia nei ko te pupuhi, ka puta mai ngā āhuatanga maha i te wā e ngana ana ēnei niho nui ki te kimi wāhi i roto i tō kauae.
Ko ēnei ngā tohu noa e whakaatu ana kei te puta mai ō niho whakaaro:
Ko ēnei tohu e puta mai ana i ngā ngaru i te wā e mahi haere ana te niho i roto i ō kōpū kapu. Ko te koretake e tino kino ana i te ata, i muri i te kai rānei.
I etahi wā, ka puta mai ngā tohu āwangawanga atu i ngā niho whakaaro e hiahia ana ki te tiaki tere:
Ko ēnei tohu kino ake pea ka tohu i ngā raruraru pēnei i te mate pukupuku, te kōpū rānei. Ahakoa he iti te tūponotanga, me whakawātea tonu ki te taote niho kia kore ai e nui ake ngā raruraru.
Ka puta mai pea ngā niho whakaaro i te āhua noa kahore he raruraru, engari ka maha ngā wā ka tūtaki ki ngā raruraru nā te iti o te wāhi i roto i ngā kauae hou. Ko te take nui ko te kōpū, e puta ana ina kahore he wāhi nui mō te niho kia puta tika.
Ko ēnei ngā huarahi rerekē e taea ai te raruraru o ngā niho whakaaro:
Ka whakaatu mai ia momo i ōna ake wero. Ko te kōpū ngohengohe ka āhei te arahi ki ngā mate pukupuku tūāitia, ā, ko te kōpū wheua pea ka pā te kino ki ngā niho tata atu, te hanga rānei i ngā kōpū i te roa o te wā.
Ko te take nui i muri i ngā raruraru o ngā niho whakaaro he ngāwari noa iho: kāhore he wāhi nui. Kua iti haere ngā kauae tangata i roto i ngā mano tau i te whakarereke o ō tātou kai, engari kāhore i whiwhi ngā niho whakaaro i te karere.
He maha ngā take e āhei ana ki ngā raruraru o ngā niho whakaaro:
He nui te wāhi o ō koutou ira i te whakatau he aha te raru o ngā niho whakaaro. Ki te tangohia ngā niho whakaaro a ō mātua, ka nui ake te tūpono ka raru koe.
Ka taea hoki e ētahi take onge te pānga ki te whanaketanga o ngā niho whakaaro:
Ko ēnei take iti ake te noho teitei e hiahia ana ki te aromatawai motuhake me te whakatakotoranga maimoatanga me tō rōpū niho.
Me whakarite e koe te haerenga ki te niho ki te pāngia koe e te mamae tonu kei muri o tō waha, te kite rānei i ngā huringa i tō ngau. Ko te aromatawai wawe e āwhina ana ki te aukati i ngā raruraru, ā, ka whakawhiwhia atu ki a koe ngā whiringa maimoatanga.
Whakapa atu ki tō kaitoi niho ina pāngia koe e:
Ka taea e ngā tirotiro niho noa te hopu i ngā take niho whakaaro i mua i te mamae. Ka taea e tō kaitoi niho te aroturuki i tōna whanaketanga mā ngā X-rays me te tūtohu i te wā pai mō te maimoatanga e hiahiatia ana.
Rapua te tiaki niho tonu mō ēnei tohu whakatūpato nui ake:
Ko ēnei tohu e whakaatu ana i ngā raruraru e hiahia ana ki te arotake ngaio kia aukati ai i ngā raruraru hauora nui ake.
He maha ngā take ka piki ake ai te tūponotanga o te raruraru niho whakaaro. Mā te mōhio ki ēnei take tūponotanga ka taea e koe me tō tākuta niho te whakarite i te tirotiro me te maimoatanga e tika ana.
Ko ngā take tūponotanga tino noa ko:
He whakahiatotanga ngākau nui te pakeke ki ngā raruraru niho whakaaro. Ahakoa ka tere ake te ora o ngā tāngata kōuri mai i te tango, ka nui ake pea ngā raruraru o ngā kaumātua ki te whāiti te raruraru, nā te mea ka whakapumautia ake ngā pakiaka.
Ko ētahi atu take tūponotanga e whakaaro ana ngā tohunga niho:
Ki te whai koe i ngā take tūponotanga, ehara i te mea ka whai koe i ngā raruraru, engari ko te tikanga kei a koe te painga mai i te tirotiro tata atu, ā, pea he whakauru wawe atu.
Ka taea e ngā raruraru niho whakaaro kaore i te maimoatia te arahi ki ētahi atu raruraru e pā ana ki tō hauora waha me tō oranga katoa. Ko te nuinga o ngā raruraru ka whāiti haere, ka hoatu he wā ki a koe ki te kimi i te maimoatanga i mua i te nui haere.
Ko ēnei ngā raruraru tino noa hei matawai:
Ko ēnei raruraru ka tīmata iti, engari ka kaha ake i te wā ka kore te rongoā tika. Ko te rongo pai, ko te nuinga ka taea te aukati me te tiaki niho tika.
Ka taea hoki te puta mai ngā raruraru iti ake, engari kaha ake:
Ahakoa he iti ngā raruraru nui, ka whakakitea te hiranga o te tirotiro niho auau me te rongoā tere ina puta mai ngā raruraru.
Ahakoa kaore e taea te aukati i te whānau mai o ngā niho whakaaro, ka taea e koe te mahi hei whakaiti i ngā raruraru me te hopu i ngā raruraru i te tīmatanga. Ko te horoi waha pai me te tiaki niho auau ko ō parekura pai.
Ko te huarahi hei tiaki i a koe i ngā raruraru o ngā niho whakaaro:
He mea nui te aukati, nā te mea ka kaha ake te kino o ngā raruraru niho whakaaro i te wā. Ko te whakauru wawe ka tikanga he maamaa te maimoatanga, me ngā hua pai ake.
Ko ētahi atu kaupapa aukati e whai ake nei:
Kia mahara ehara i te mea ka taea te aukati i nga wa katoa mena kaore he ruma i roto i tō kauae mō ngā niho whakaaro. I enei take, ko te tango whakamaheretia te rautaki aukati pai rawa.
Ka whakamahi tō kaitātari niho i tetahi huinga o te tirotiro kanohi me ngā X-rei hei aromatawai i tō āhuatanga niho whakaaro. Ka āwhina tenei huarahi whānui ki te whakatau mena kei te puta mai ngā raruraru inaianei, kei te tupu ranei i te heke mai.
Ko te tukanga whakatau tōtika e whai ake nei:
He tino whai hua ngā X-rei, nā te mea ka whakakitea mai ngā niho kua kōkiritia e kore e kitea i te whakamātautau noa. Ka whakakitea hoki e rātou te tūranga o ngā pakiaka niho me ō rātou hononga ki ngā hanganga nui penei i ngā tūpuna.
I ngā take uaua, āta tirohia e tō tākuta niho ētahi atu taputapu whakamātautau:
Ka āwhina tēnei aromatawai tino pai ki te hanga i tētahi mahere maimoatanga whaiaro e whakautu ana ki tō āhuatanga motuhake me ngā āwangawanga.
Ko te maimoatanga mō ngā niho whakaaro e whakahaeretia ana e tō āhuatanga motuhake, ngā tohu, me te āhei o ngā raruraru o muri mai. Ko ngā kōwhiringa mai i te tirotiro tupato ki te tango katoa, me tō tākuta niho e arataki ana i a koe ki te whiringa pai mō ō āhuatanga.
Ko ngā huarahi maimoatanga māori e whakauru ana ki:
Ka mahi pai ēnei huarahi ina he nui te wāhi o ngā niho whakaaro, ā, ka taea te pupuri i te ma, engari he iti ngā raruraru, he whakahaere rānei.
Ka hiahiatia te maimoatanga pokanga ina kore e ranea ngā huarahi māori:
Mā tō tākuta waha e whakamārama te tikanga motuhake e tūtohutia ana mō tō āhuatanga, tae atu ki ngā mea e tumanakohia ana i te wā whakaora.
Ka taea e te tiaki kāinga te whakaora i te mamae o ngā niho whakaaro i a koe e tatari ana mō te rongoā ngaio, i te wā rongoa rānei. Ka āwhina ēnei huarahi ngawari ki te whakahaere i te mamae me te whakaiti i te mumura haumaru.
Ko ēnei ngā rongoā kāinga whai hua ka taea e koe te whakamātautau:
He tino whai hua ngā horomi wai tote, nā te mea ka whakaitihia e rātou ngā pūtau mate me te whakatairanga i te whakaora. Whakamahia kia maha ngā wā i te rā, ina koa i muri i ngā kai.
Ko ēnei atu āhuatanga whakamarie:
Kia mahara ko te tiaki whare te tikanga he awhina wā poto, ehara i te whakakapi i te rongoā ngaio. Whakapa atu ki tō tākuta niho ki te kino ake ngā tohu, ki te kore rānei e pai ake i roto i ngā rā torutoru.
Ko te whakarite mō tō whakamātautau niho whakaaro nui e āwhina ana kia whiwhi koe i te aromatawai tino whānui me ngā whakautu mārama ki ō patai. Ka taea e te whakarite iti te whakapai ake i tō hui kia hua ake, kia iti ake te ahotea.
I mua i tō hui, kohikohia ēnei mōhiohio nui:
Whakaarohia ō tūmanakohinga motuhake me ngā mea nui. Kei te manukanuka nui koe ki te mamae i te wā o te tukanga, te wā whakaora, te utu rānei? Ko te whakawhiti i ēnei mea nui e āwhina ana i tō tākuta niho ki te whakarite i ōna tūtohu.
Whakaarohia te whakarite i ēnei pātai atu:
Ko te tuhi i ēnei pātai e whakarite ana kei te wareware koe ki te ui i ngā mea nui i te wā o tō hui ina pea ka rongo koe i te manukanuka, i te nui o ngā mōhiohio rānei.
Ko ngā niho whakaaro he wāhanga noa iho o te whanaketanga o ngā niho, engari e tino mate pūngāwerewere ana i ngā mangai o te ao hou nā te kore o te wāhi. Ko te mea nui ko te mahi tahi me tō rōpū niho hei tirotiro i tō rātou whanaketanga me te whakatika i ngā take i mua i te whakawhāiti, te mamae rānei.
Ka taea te whakahaere i te nuinga o ngā raruraru o ngā niho whakaaro mā te tiaki tika me te maimoatanga wa tika. Ahakoa ka hiahia koe ki te tirotiro, ki te tango, ki tetahi mea kei waenganui, kei runga i tō āhuatanga takitahi, tae atu ki te rahi o tō kauae, te tū o te niho, me te kaha ki te pupuri i te wāhi kia ma.
Kaua e wareware ki te korenga o te mamae, ki ngā huringa rānei i roto i tō mangai. Ko te whakauru wawe ka tikanga te maimoatanga ngāwari, te ora tere, me ngā hua pai ake. Ka taea e tō kaitoi niho te āwhina i a koe ki te whakatau whakamārama mō te huarahi pai mō ō āhuatanga motuhake.
Kia mahara kei te whakaatu te raruraru o ngā niho whakaaro ki te kore o te horoi waha, ki te tiaki niho rānei. I etahi wā, kāo te tinana e whakarato i te wāhi nui, ā, ka waiho te tango hei whiringa hauora mō tō hauora waha roa.
Kāo, ehara ngā niho whakaaro katoa e hiahiatia ana te tango. Ki te wāhi tika, ki te puta tika, ā, ka taea te pupuri kia ma, ka noho hauora, ka mahi ngā niho whakaaro i roto i tō oranga. Ka taea e tō kaitoi niho te āwhina ki te whakatau mena he mea tika te tango i runga i tō āhuatanga takitahi.
Ko ngā niho whakaaro e puta mai ana i waenga i ngā tau 17 me te 25, ahakoa he rerekē te wā i waenga i ngā tangata. Ko ētahi ka whānau i mua i o rātou tau tekau mā whitu, ko ētahi atu ka kore e kite i a rātou tae noa ki o rātou tekau mā rua, kāo rānei.
Ko ngā tikanga niho hou me te ngāwari o te rongoā nā te mate kore e tino ngāwari ake te tango i ngā niho whakaaro i te whakaaro o te tini. Ahakoa he mea noa te kore ngāwari i te wā e ora ana, ehara i te mea noa te mamae nui. Ka hoatu e tō tākuta niho ngā tohutohu taipitopito mō te whakahaere i te mamae kia pai ai tō noho i te wā e ora ana.
Ko te nuinga o te iwi ka pai ake te ahua i roto i ngā rā 3-5 i muri i te tango i ngā niho whakaaro, ā, ka ora katoa i roto i te wiki 1-2. Ko te wā ora ka whakawhirinaki ki ngā take penei i tō tau, te uaua o te tango, me te pai o tō whai i ngā tohutohu tiaki muri i te mahi.
Ae, he mea tika te tango i ngā niho whakaaro raruraru anake me te pupuri i ngā niho hauora e wātea ana te wāhi. Ka arotakehia e tō kaitātari niho ia niho kotahi, ā, ka tūtohutia te tango ina tika ana mō tō hauora waha.
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