## Ngā Tikanga Whakama Niho Taiao
He moemoeā te tini o te tangata mō ngā niho mā, kanapa. Ka taea e te ataata ataahua me ngā niho mā te whakanui ake i te whakapono ki a ia anō, me te whakaata i te akuaku me te hauora o te waha. Heoi, ko te pānga ki ngā kai me ngā inu tae, pērā i te kawhe, te tī, te waina whero, me ngā kai tae, me ngā tikanga momi hikareti ka taea te whakapōturi i te tae o ngā niho. He maha ngā hua whakama niho e wātea ana i te mākete, engari he maha o ēnei he matū ka pāngia e ngā pānga taha. Nō reira, he tokomaha te hunga e pai ake ana ki ngā tikanga whakama niho tūturu. Ka matapakihia e tēnei tuhinga ētahi tikanga tūturu hei āwhina i te whakama o ngā niho me te kore e pāngia e ngā pānga taha e kino ana ki te hauora.
### 1. Te Parai i ō Niho ki te Paraoa Houra Tunu
E mōhiotia ana te houra tunutunu mō ōna āhuatanga maori hei whakama i ngā niho. He mea whakakoi ngawari te houra tunutunu hei āwhina i te tango i ngā paru o te mata. Hei tāpiri, ka hangaia e te houra tunutunu he taiao kawakore i roto i te waha, ka ārai i te tipu o ngā huakita.
Hei whakamahi i te houra tunutunu hei whakama niho:
– Whakaranua te hawhe tīpune o te houra tunutunu ki ētahi pata wai kia rite rā anō ki te whakapiri.
– Whakamahia tēnei whakapiri hei parai i ō niho mō ngā meneti e rua.
– Me mahi tēnei e rua, e toru rānei ngā wā i te wiki, kaua e mahi pinepine rawa, nā te mea ka taea te whakangaro i te enamel niho mēnā ka whakamahia nuitia.
### 2. Te Parai i ō Niho ki te Hinu Kokonati (Te Tango Hinu)
He tikanga tuku iho te tango hinu i ahu mai i te rongoā Ayurvedic i Īnia. He āhuatanga patu huakita me te patu harore kei te hinu kokonati hei āwhina i te whakaiti i te paraka me te whakapai ake i te hauora o te waha whānui.
Me pēhea te mahi i te tango hinu:
– Tangohia kia kotahi punetēpu o te hinu kokonati parakore.
– Ruia te hinu kokonati ki roto i tō waha mō te 10-20 meneti. Kaua e horomia.
– Kia oti, tuwhahia te hinu kokonati ka horoi i tō waha ki te wai māhana.
– Kātahi ka parai i ō niho kia rite ki ngā tikanga.
– Mahihia te tango hinu i ngā ata katoa i mua i te kai, i te inu rānei i tētahi mea.
### 3. Te Whakamahi i te Winika Āporo
He āhuatanga waikawa tō te winika aporo hei āwhina i te tango i ngā paru i ngā niho. Ka āwhina te waikawa acetic i roto i te winika ki te horoi i ngā niho i te paraka me ngā huakita.
Me pēhea te whakamahi i te winika aporo cider:
– Whakaranua te winika aporo ki te wai i te ōwehenga 1:2 (kotahi te wāhanga winika aporo, e rua ngā wāhanga wai).
– Whakamahia tēnei ranunga hei whakakōkī i tō kiri mō ētahi meneti.
– I muri i te whakakōkī niho, he mea pai kia paraihia ō niho kia tangohia ai te winika e toe ana.
Kaua e neke atu i te kotahi i te wiki te mahi i tēnei kia kore ai e kino te enamel niho.
### 4. Hangaia he parai niho me ngā hua
Kei roto i ngā hua pērā i te rōpere me te rēmana te waikawa citric, ka āwhina i te whakama o ngā niho. Heoi, me tūpato te whakamahinga o te waikawa citric, nā te mea ka taea e ia te whakangaro i te enamel niho mēnā ka whakamahia nuitia.
Me pēhea te hanga i te paraihe niho mai i ngā rōpere:
– Kuruhia tētahi rōpere pakari.
– Whakaranua ki te hawhe tīpune o te houra tunutunu kia rite rā anō ki te paraoa pokepoke.
– Whakamahia tēnei whakapiri hei parai i ō niho.
– Me mahi tēnei kotahi i te wiki mō ngā hua pai rawa atu.
### 5. Whakaitihia te Kai me te Inu e Puta ai ngā Para o ngā Niho
Ko tētahi mahi tino nui hei pupuri i te mā o ō niho ko te whakaiti i te kai me te inu ka puta ai ngā paru niho. Ko ētahi o ēnei:
– Kawhe me te tī
- Waina whero
– te ranu tōmato me te kari
- Inu ngāwari
– Ngā momo hua rerekē
Mena he uaua ki te karo i te kai i ēnei kai me ngā inu, kia tino horoia tō waha, kia parai rānei ō niho i muri tonu i te kai hei whakaiti i te pānga kino ki te tae o ngā niho.
### 6. Whakamahi i ngā Tikanga Noho Hauora mō ō Niho
Ko ngā tikanga mā te whakamā i ngā niho māori ehara i te mea ko te whakamahi i ngā kai māori anake, engari ko ngā tikanga noho hauora hoki e tautoko ana i te hauora whānui o te waha:
– Paraia ō niho kia rua ngā wā i te rā ki te whakamahi i te paraihe niho he fluoride.
– Whakamahia he miro niho i ia rā hei horoi i te paraka me ngā toenga kai i waenganui i ō niho.
– Kai i ngā kai hauora e nui ana ngā huawhenua matomato me ngā hua hou.
– Me tirotiro ō niho e te tākuta niho i ia wā, i te iti rawa kia rua ngā wā i te tau.
### 7. Te Whakamahi i ngā Kiri Panana
Mā wai rā e whakaaro ka taea e ngā kiri panana e makaia noatia ana te whakama i ngā niho? Kei roto i ngā kiri panana ngā kohuke pēnei i te pāhare pāporo, te konupūmā, me te manganese, ka taea te tango i ngā paru mai i ngā niho.
Me pēhea te whakamahi i te kiri panana:
– Tangohia te taha o roto o te kiri panana hou.
– Miria tika ki ngā niho mō te 1-2 meneti.
– Taria kia 10-15 meneti pea kia piri ai ngā kohuke ki ngā niho.
– Whai muri i tēnā, paraihia ō niho kia rite ki ngā tikanga o mua hei tango i te kiri panana e toe ana.
– Whakahoutia tēnei tukanga i ētahi wā i te wiki mō ngā hua tino pai.
### 8. Te Whakamahi i te Waro Whakahohe
Kua roa te mōhiotia o te waro whakahohe hei matū taiao e taea ai te mimiti i te paru me ngā paitini. Ina pania ki ngā niho, ka taea e te waro whakahohe te āwhina ki te tango i te paraka me ngā paru.
Me pēhea te whakamahi i te waro whakahohe:
– Whakamākūkūhia tō paraihe niho ki te wai, kātahi ka tuku ki te paura waro whakahohe.
– Paraia ō niho mā te ata mō te 2-3 meneti.
– Horoia rawatia te waha.
Kaua e whakamahia kia neke atu i te 2-3 ngā wā i te wiki kia kore ai e kino te enamel niho.
### Whakamutunga
He huarahi haumaru, he huarahi whai hua hoki te whakama niho māori hei whakatutuki i tētahi ataata kanapa, me te kore e pāngia e ngā matū kino. Ehara i te mea ko ngā tikanga māori pēnei i te houra tunutunu, te hinu kokonati, me ngā hua anake te āwhina ki te whakama i ngā niho, engari he tautoko hoki i te hauora whānui o te waha. He mea nui kia mōhio ki te auau me te tikanga whakamahi o ēnei kai hei karo i te kino o te enamel niho. Hei tāpiri, ko te whai i ngā tikanga hauora me te pupuri i te akuaku waha pai te mea nui ki te pupuri i ngā niho mā, hauora. Mēnā he āwangawanga nui āu mō te tae o ō niho, me toro atu ki tētahi tākuta niho mō ngā tohutohu me ngā maimoatanga tika.
