Kutheni kubalulekile ukukhusela imingxuma kumazinyo omntwana?

Ukukhathalela impilo yomlomo yabantwana ngundoqo ekuqinisekiseni uphuhliso oluchanekileyo nokufunda kwimiba efana nokuhlafuna kunye nokuginya ukutya, kunye nokufunda ezinye iinkqubo ezinjengokuthetha kunye nokubiza ngokuchanekileyo. Ngale ndlela, nokuba ngamazinyo obisi aza kuphuma, kubalulekile ukunikela ingqalelo kuwo ukuthintela iingxaki.

“Imingxuma echaphazela amazinyo obisi ngenxa yothotho lweempawu ezithile ezichaza amazinyo okuqala inokukhokelela ekuphumeni kwamazinyo kwangoko. Usulelo oluvela ngenxa yeengxaki kula mazinyo lunokuchaphazela amazinyo asisigxina: amazinyo ahlala esisigxina, kodwa abe neso sithuba esitsha ecaleni kwawo, anokuhamba aye kule ndawo kwaye enze kube nzima ukuba iqhekeza lokugqibela liqhume.

Ngamanye amazwi, ingxaki enkulu okanye ukuxinana kuya kubangelwa”, ucacise watsho uManuela Escorial, ugqirha wamazinyo kwiSebe lezoTshintsho kunye noMgangatho weKlinikhi kwiSanitas Dental.

Ukujongana nale meko, kunye nokuthintela ukubonakala kwemingxuma, nakubantwana abanamazinyo omntwana, iingcali zincoma:

– Kuphephe ukutya okuneswiti. Iilekese, iijusi ezicutshungulweyo, iziselo ezithambileyo okanye iilekese kufuneka zisetyenziswe kancinci kangangoko, kodwa kufuneka kuthathelwe ingqalelo umgubo ocoliweyo othi, xa wenziwa i-metabolism, ujike ube yiswekile ekwaphuphumayo emazinyweni. Kukho ukutya okuninzi okucutshungulweyo okulungiselelwe abancinci abaqulethe iswekile eninzi efihliweyo. Kubalulekile ukuba abazali baziswe ngokubhala iilebhile zesondlo kunye nokuphepha kangangoko kunokwenzeka.

– Ukutya okunzima. Ukomeleza ukuluma kwaye, ukongeza, ukuthanda ukuveliswa kwamathe, okusisithintelo sendalo kumazinyo, kuyacetyiswa ukuba utye ukutya okunefayibha ethanda ukuhlafuna. Ngokunjalo, ukusetyenziswa koku kutya kuya kuzisa inzuzo enkulu kwimpilo jikelele yabancinci.

–Ibrashi ethambileyo. Ngokubonakala kwamazinyo okuqala, kuyimfuneko ukuba uqaphele kwaye uhlambulule iintsini kunye namazinyo nge-gauze edibeneyo ukususa iintsalela zokutya. Xa amazinyo aphelile, ukuxubha okuqhelekileyo kufuneka kwenziwe ngokunyakaza okuthambileyo, ukuphepha izenzo ezikhawulezayo kunye nobudlova. Kule nto, kukho iibhulashi ezithile ezincinci ezinentloko encinci kunye nethambileyo, eguquguqukayo kunye ne-bristles ebuthathaka. Ngokubonakala kwamazinyo okuqala angasemva, ukusetyenziswa kwe-dental floss kuya kufuneka. Ukucoca ulwimi nako kuya kuba yimfuneko.

– Idiene incama elungiselelwe. Kunye nokuxubha okucekeceke, kuyacetyiswa ukuba kusetyenziswe intlama yamazinyo enomthamo we-fluoride elungelelaniswe neemfuno zomntwana, ukuxinana kwe-fluoride kulungiselelwe iminyaka yesigulane kunye notyekelo okanye umngcipheko we-caries. Isixa sihambelana ngokuthe ngqo nemfundo kwaye sinokuvela kwingqolowa yerayisi ubukhulu bepea, ngokutsho kweSpanish Society of Pediatric Dentistry (SEOP). Ukongezelela, i-paste ayifanele isetyenziswe kakubi kwaye yanele ukuba isixa esifana nobukhulu bepea sisetyenziswe kwi-brushing nganye.

– Tyelela ugqirha wabantwana kunye nogqirha wamazinyo. Ngokubonakala kwezinyo lokuqala lomntwana emlonyeni, kulungele ukuthatha umntwana kudokotela wamazinyo wabantwana. Abazali baya kufumana izikhokelo malunga nococeko oluza kwenziwa kula manyathelo okuqala, iingcebiso zokutya kunye nokuhlaziywa komlomo womntwana wonke ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuba yonke into ilungile. Yiya kugqirha wamazinyo wabantwana ukuze umntwana ahlale ephilile.