ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ke olakino waha o nā keiki liʻiliʻi he kī ia e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai i ka hoʻomohala kūpono a me ke aʻo ʻana i nā ʻano e like me ka nau ʻana a me ka ʻai ʻana i ka meaʻai, a me ke aʻo ʻana i nā kaʻina hana ʻē aʻe e like me ka ʻōlelo a me ka leo pololei. Ma kēia ʻano, ʻoiai ʻo nā niho waiū e hāʻule i waho, pono e hoʻolohe pono i ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia.
"ʻO nā lua e pili ana i nā niho waiū ma muli o ke ʻano o nā ʻano kikoʻī e wehewehe i ka niho mua hiki ke alakaʻi i ka nalowale o ka niho mua. ʻO nā maʻi e ulu ana ma muli o nā pilikia i loko o kēia mau niho hiki ke hoʻopili i nā niho paʻa: nā niho i lilo i mau, akā loaʻa kēlā wahi hou ma hope o lākou, hiki ke neʻe i kēia kūlana a paʻakikī i ka hū ʻana o ka ʻāpana hope.
ʻO nā huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, e hoʻokumu ʻia kahi sprain pilikia loa a i ʻole ka lehulehu, "i wehewehe ʻia ʻo Manuela Escorial, he niho niho ma ka 'Oihana o ka Innovation a me ka maikaʻi o ke kino ma Sanitas Dental.
I mua o kēia kūlana, a no ka pale ʻana i ke ʻano o nā lua, a i nā keiki me nā niho pēpē, ʻōlelo nā loea:
– Hōʻalo i nā meaʻai momona. ʻO nā mea ʻono, nā wai i hoʻoponopono ʻia, nā mea inu ʻoluʻolu a i ʻole nā mea ʻono e ʻai liʻiliʻi e like me ka hiki, akā pono e mālama ʻia me ka palaoa i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia, i ka wā e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ai, e lilo maoli i kō e ulu pū ana ma nā niho. Nui nā meaʻai i hoʻoponopono ʻia no nā keiki liʻiliʻi i loaʻa ka nui o ke kō i uhi ʻia. Pono e hoʻomaopopo ʻia nā mākua ma o ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana i nā meaʻai a me ka pale ʻana i ka mea hiki.
– Nā meaʻai paʻakikī. No ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka nahu a, ʻoi aku, makemake i ka hana ʻana o ka saliva, kahi pale kūlohelohe no nā niho, ʻōlelo ʻia e ʻai i nā meaʻai me ka fiber e makemake i ka nau. Pēlā nō, ʻo ka ʻai ʻana i kēia mau meaʻai e loaʻa mai nā pōmaikaʻi nui i ke olakino ākea o nā kamaliʻi.
– Ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa maʻalahi. Me ka ʻike ʻana o nā niho mua, pono e makaʻala a hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā ʻāʻī a me nā niho me kahi gauze i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia e wehe i ke koena o ka meaʻai. Ke hoʻopau ʻia nā niho, pono e hana ʻia ka palaki maʻamau me ka neʻe ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi, e pale aku i nā hana hikiwawe a me ka huhū. No kēia, aia nā pulupulu kiko'ī no nā poʻe liʻiliʻi he poʻo liʻiliʻi a palupalu, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi a me nā bristles maʻalahi. Me ka ʻike ʻana o nā niho hope mua, pono ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka floss niho. He mea nui ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ke alelo.
- Hoʻopili ʻia ka diene paste. Me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa maʻalahi, ua ʻōlelo ʻia e hoʻohana i kahi toothpaste i loaʻa ka nui o ka fluoride i kūpono i nā pono o ke keiki, ua hoʻololi ʻia ka neʻe ʻana o ka fluoride i ka makahiki o ka mea maʻi a me ke ʻano o ka caries. ʻO ka nui e pili pono ana i ka hoʻonaʻauao a hiki ke loaʻa mai kahi hua laiki e like me ka nui o ka pī, e like me ka Spanish Society of Pediatric Dentistry (SEOP). Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole pono e hoʻomāinoino ʻia ka paʻi a ua lawa ka nui e like me ka nui o ka pea i hoʻohana ʻia i kēlā me kēia palaki.
– E kipa i ka pediatrician a me ka niho. Me ka ʻike ʻana o ka niho pēpē mua ma ka waha, he mea maʻalahi ke lawe i ke pēpē i ka dentist pediatric. E loaʻa i nā mākua nā alakaʻi e pili ana i ka maʻemaʻe e mālama ʻia i kēia mau pae mua, nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo meaʻai a me ka nānā ʻana i ka waha holoʻokoʻa o ka pēpē i mea e pono ai nā mea a pau. E hele i ka dentist pediatric i ola mau ke keiki.
