Ngaba ikofu ibala lamazinyo akho?

Umxholo

• Ushwankathelo
• Ukuphelisa amabala ekofu
• Eminye imigibe yeKofu
• Ukuthintela amabala ekofu
• Okunye ukutya kunye neziselo ezonakalisa amabinyo
• Iindaba ezimnandi kubathandi bekofu

Sibandakanya iimveliso esicinga ukuba ziluncedo kubafundi bethu. Ukuba uthenga amakhonkco kweli phepha, sinokufumana ikhomishini encinci. Nantsi inkqubo yethu.

Ushwankathelo

Xa kuziwa ukukhaba-ukuqala komhla, njengabantu abaninzi, unokuxhomekeka kwikomityi yejoe. Wakhe wazibuza ukuba yenzani kumazinyo akho? Abathandi bekofu bayayiqaphela: Inkqubo yakho yakusasa inokuyichaphazela impilo yakho yamazinyo.

Ukuba inako ukungcolisa iimpahla zakho, inokuwonakalisa amabala akho. Lo mthetho wesithupha uyinyani ngekofu. Ikofu inezithako ezibizwa ngokuba ziitannins, eziluhlobo lwepolyphenol ehla emanzini. Zikwafumaneka kwiziselo ezinjenge wayini okanye iti.

IiTannins zibangela ukuba iikhompawundi zombala zinamathele emazinyweni akho. Xa ezi zinto zinamathele, zinokushiya i-hue engafunekiyo ngasemva.Kuthatha kuphela ikomityi enye yekofu ngemini ukudala amazinyo amdaka.

Ungakuthintela njani ukuqaqanjiswa kwamazinyo ngaphandle kokuyeka isiselo sakho osithandayo kusasa?

Ukuphelisa amabala ekofu

Musa ukoyika ukuba ungumntu othanda ikofu. Ngamanye amaxesha, oogqirha bamazinyo banokususa amabala ekofi ngexesha lokucoca kabini ngonyaka. Qiniseka ukuba ucwangcisa amaxesha amiselweyo.

Unokongeza ukucoca kobungcali ngamayeza asekhaya. Umzekelo, ukuxukuxa amazinyo ngeesoda kabini ngenyanga kunokuwenza mhlophe ngakumbi amazinyo.

Unako ukunciphisa amabala ekofu ngokusebenzisa izinto zokuthambisa ezenziwa mhlophe kunye nemicwe emhlophe qho. Izinketho zibandakanya iArm & Hammer AdvanceWhite okanye iCrest 3D Whitening. Sebenzisa kuphela iimveliso ezenza mhlophe nge-American Dental Association (ADA) iTywina loKwamkelwa.

Kunye nokusebenzisa intlama yamazinyo emhlophe, thetha nogqirha wakho wamazinyo malunga nokufumana itreyi emhlophe yasekhaya.

Ukongeza, cinga ngokwenza utshintsho kwibhrashi yamazinyo yesandla ukuya kwibhashi yamazinyo yombane, ebonelela ngakumbi ngombane wokucoca.

Qinisekisa ukuba uxubha ubuncinci kabini ngemini imizuzu emibini.

Eminye imigibe yeKofu

Njengaso nasiphi na isiselo esingengawo amanzi, ikofu inokubangela ukuba ibacteria ikhule emlonyeni wakho enokubangela ukhukuliseko lwamazinyo kunye ne-enamel. Oku kunokubangela ukuba amazinyo akho acekeceke kwaye aphuke.

Ikofu nayo inokubangela ukuphefumla kakubi, okanye i-halitosis, kuba iyanamathela elulwimini. Ukuthintela ezi ngxaki, yitya ukutya ngaphambi kokuba usele ikofu, kwaye usebenzise ulwimi olusisikayo kunye nebrashi yamazinyo emva kokuba ugqibe ukusela.

Ukuthintela amabala ekofu

Ukuba ukuyeka isiselo sakho sakusasa esikuthandayo akuyiyo inketho, thintela amabala ngokunciphisa nokusela kancinci. Mhlawumbi khetha ikomityi enye yekofu kusasa, kunye neti eluhlaza emva kwemini.

Gwema i-creamer kunye noshukela, njengoko ezi zikhawulezisa ukukhula kwe-bacteria. Sela ikofu yakho endaweni enye uhleli endaweni yeesips ezincinci imini yonke ukuthintela ukwakheka kweentsholongwane. Ukongeza, sela iglasi yamanzi emva kokugqiba ikofu yakho ukuze uhlambe umlomo kunye namazinyo.

Ukuba ukhetha ikofu yomkhenkce, yisele ngomququ ukunciphisa umngcipheko wamabala. Okokugqibela, hlamba amazinyo malunga nemizuzu engama-30 emva kokusela ikofu, kwaye kuphela emva kokuhlamba umlomo ngamanzi.

Khumbula, ikofu ineasidi. Ukuxubha amazinyo ngokukhawuleza emva kokutya okanye ukusela nantoni na eneasidi kuyenza buthathaka i-enamel yamazinyo kwaye kubangele ukubala.

Ukutya ukutya okuthile kunokunceda ukulungisa amabala. Iziqhamo nemifuno eluhlaza njenge-strawberry kunye neelamuni-ziqulathe imicu yendalo ecoca amazinyo ngokwaphula iintsholongwane.

Okunye ukutya kunye neziselo ezonakalisa amabinyo

Kakade ke, ikofu asikuphela kwetyala elinezinyo. Ukugcina uncumo olumhlophe, lumkela okunye ukutya kunye neziselo ezinokushiya ngasemva umbala omthubi. Oku kubandakanya:

• isiselo somdiliya esibomvu
• amajikijolo (iiblueberries, amaqunube amnyama, iitsheri)
• iisosi zetumato kunye neetumato
• imibala
• iti emnyama
• popsicles
• ilekese enzima
• iziselo zemidlalo

Iindaba ezimnandi kubathandi bekofu

Usenokusela ikofu kwaye ugcine uncumo olumhlophe, olusempilweni.

Uyonwabela njani ikofu kwaye uphephe amabala? Ukubeka nje, sela ngokumodareyitha. Oogqirha bamazinyo bacebisa ukuba kungabikho ngaphezulu kweekomityi ezimbini ngosuku. Ukongeza, sukukutyeshela ukuxubha rhoqo kunye nokutyelela iofisi yamazinyo yasekuhlaleni kabini ngonyaka.

UDavid Pinsky, DDS, ovela kwiLizwe leQela loBugcisa bamazinyo bathi kungcono ukusela ikofu ngomququ. Oku kugcina ikofu ekuchukumiseni amazinyo akho, kuthintela naliphi na ithuba lamabala angafunekiyo.