Kaha a me ka tartar ma nā niho

ʻO ka plaque ka uhi palu e pili ana i nā niho mai ke kūkulu ʻana i nā maʻi bacteria. Inā ʻaʻole e hemo ʻia ka pālākiō ma kahi maʻa mau, e paʻakikī ia a lilo i tartar (calculus).

Pono kāu dentist a hygienist paha e hōʻike iā ʻoe i ke ala pololei e palaki a me ka floss. ʻO ke kāohi ke kī i ke olakino waha. ʻO nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no ka pale ʻana a me ka hemo ʻana i ka tartar a i ʻole ka pahu i kou mau niho.

E palaki ma ka liʻiliʻi ʻelua mau manawa i ka lā me kahi palaki ʻaʻole nui no kou waha. Koho i kahi palaki i loaʻa iā ia nā bristles palupalu. E hoʻokuʻu ka palaki iā ʻoe e hōʻea i kēlā me kēia ʻili i kou waha me ka maʻalahi, a ʻaʻole pono e pākī ka niho niho.

ʻO nā puliki niho uila e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā niho ma mua o nā mea lima. Palaki no ka liʻiliʻi he 2 mau minuke me ka palaki niho uila i kēlā me kēia manawa.

• Floss mālie ma ka liʻiliʻi i hoʻokahi manawa i ka lā. He mea nui kēia e pale aku ai i ka maʻi gum.
• ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana wai e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i nā koʻohune a puni kou mau niho ma lalo o ka laina gum.
• E ʻike i kāu kauka niho a hoʻomaʻemaʻe niho paha ma ka liʻiliʻi ma kēlā me kēia 6 mahina no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe niho a me ka hoʻāʻo waha. ʻO kekahi poʻe i loaʻa i ka maʻi maʻi periodontal e koi paha i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe pinepine.
• Ke noi nei i kahi hopena a i ʻole ka nau ʻana i ka papaha kūikawā i loko o kou waha e kōkua paha e ʻike i nā wahi o ke kūkulu ʻana i ka pā.
• E kōkua nā meaʻai kaulike maikaʻi e mālama i kou mau niho a me nā gum. Hōʻalo i ka meaʻai māmā ma waena o nā meaʻai, keu hoʻi i nā mea pālū a i ʻole nā ​​meaʻai momona a me nā meaʻai i kiʻekiʻe i nā haʻuwaiwai e like me nā ʻāpana potato. Inā hana ʻoe i ka meaʻai māmā i ke ahiahi, pono ʻoe e palaki ma hope. ʻAʻohe ʻai a inu hou paha (ʻae ʻia ka wai) ma hope o ka palu ʻana o ka hiamoe.

ʻO Tartar a me ka pā i nā niho; Heluna; Kahua niho plaque; Paka niho. Pākuʻi microbial; Kahua niho biofilm

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