Kufanele uvame kangaki (futhi nini)?

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• Kungani kufanele ngifloss?
• Kufanele ngifake nini?
• Ngabe kufanele ngixubhe noma ngiflashe kuqala?
• Ngingakwazi yini ukufloss ngokweqile?
• Ingabe zikhona ezinye izindlela zokusebenzisa i-flossing?
• Ukuhamba ngezinsimbi
• Ukudla okudlela endlini

I-American Dental Association (i-ADA) incoma ukuthi uhlanzeke phakathi kwamazinyo akho usebenzisa i-floss, noma enye indlela yokuhlanza okwenziwa ngaphakathi, kanye ngosuku. Babuye bancoma ukuthi ugeze amazinyo akho kabili ngosuku imizuzu emi-2 ngomuthi wokuxubha we-fluoride.

Kungani kufanele ngifloss?

Ibhulashi lakho lamazinyo alikwazi ukufinyelela phakathi kwamazinyo akho ukususa uqweqwe (ifilimu enamathelayo equkethe amagciwane). I-Flossing ingena phakathi kwamazinyo akho ukuhlanza i-plaque.

Ngokuhlikihla nokuxubha amazinyo akho, ususa uqweqwe namagciwane akulo adla ushukela nezinhlayiya zokudla okusala emlonyeni wakho ngemuva kokudla.

Lapho amabhaktheriya esondla, akhipha i-asidi engadla iqweqwe lakho (igobolondo elingaphandle eliqinile lamazinyo akho) futhi libangele izimbotshana.

Futhi, uqwembe olungagezwanga ekugcineni lungaba lukhuni lube yi-calculus (tartar) engaqoqa ku-gumline yakho futhi iholele kwisifo se-gingivitis nesinsini.

Kufanele ngifake nini?

I-ADA iphakamisa ukuthi isikhathi esihle sokubhabha yisikhathi esifanelana kahle nohlelo lwakho.

Ngenkathi abanye abantu bethanda ukufaka i-flossing njengengxenye yesiko labo lasekuseni futhi baqale usuku ngomlomo ohlanzekile, abanye bakhetha ukufutha ngaphambi kokulala ngakho bayolala ngomlomo ohlanzekile.

Ngabe kufanele ngixubhe noma ngiflashe kuqala?

Akukhathalekile ukuthi uxubha noma uflasha kuqala, inqobo nje uma wenza umsebenzi ophelele wokuhlanza wonke amazinyo akho futhi usebenzise imikhuba emihle yokuhlanzeka ngomlomo nsuku zonke.

Ucwaningo lwango-2018 luphakamise ukuthi kungcono ukuthi kuqhunyiswe kuqala bese uxubha. Ucwaningo lukhombise ukuthi ukuthambisa kuqala ukukhulula amabhaktheriya nemfucumfucu phakathi kwamazinyo, futhi ukuxubha ngemuva kwalokho kuhlanze lezi zinhlayiya kude.

Ukuxubha okwesibili kukhuphule nokuhlushwa kwe-fluoride ku-plaque yamakhemikhali, okunganciphisa ubungozi bokubola kwamazinyo ngokuqinisa koqweqwe lwawo.

Kodwa-ke, i-ADA igcizelela ukuthi ukuflaza kuqala noma ukuxubha kuqala kuyamukeleka, kuya ngokuthi ukhetha ini.

Ngingakwazi yini ukufloss ngokweqile?

Cha, awukwazi ukuqabula kakhulu ngaphandle kokuthi uflossisa ngokungalungile. Uma ufaka ingcindezi enkulu uma uflossa, noma uma ufloss ngamandla kakhulu, ungalimaza amazinyo nezinsini zakho.

Kungase kudingeke ukuthi uphephule ngaphezu kwesisodwa ngosuku, ikakhulukazi ngemuva kokudla, ukuhlanza ukudla noma imfucumfucu ebhajwe phakathi kwamazinyo akho.

Ingabe zikhona ezinye izindlela zokusebenzisa i-flossing?

I-Flossing ibhekwa njengokuhlanzwa kwangaphakathi. Kuyasiza ukususa uqwembe lwamazinyo oluhlanganayo (uqwembe oluqoqa phakathi kwamazinyo). Kuyasiza nokususa imfucumfucu, njengezinhlayiya zokudla.

Amathuluzi wokuhlanza ngaphakathi ngaphakathi afaka:

• i-dental floss (i-wax noma i-unwax)
• itheyiphu yamazinyo
• ama-floss angaphambi kokufakwa
• izimbali zamanzi
• ama-air flossers anikwe amandla
• ngamapiki noma ngamapulasitiki
• amabhulashi amancane (ama-proxy brushes)

Khuluma nodokotela wamazinyo wakho ukuze ubone okungcono kakhulu kuwe. Thola eyodwa oyithandayo bese uyisebenzisa njalo.

Ukuhamba ngezinsimbi

Ama-brace yimishini esetshenziswa emazinyweni akho ngudokotela wamazinyo uku:

• qondanisa amazinyo
• vala izikhala phakathi kwamazinyo
• ukulungisa izinkinga zokuluma
• qondanisa amazinyo nezindebe kahle

Uma une-brace, uMayo Clinic kanye ne-American Association of Orthodontists bancoma:

• ukunciphisa ukudla okunesitashi kanye noshukela neziphuzo ezifaka isandla ekwakhiweni kwamacwecwe
• ukuxubha njalo emva kwesidlo ukusula izinhlayiya zokudla kubakaki bakho
• ukuhlanza kahle ukusula izinhlayiya zokudla ibhulashi elisele ngemuva
• usebenzisa ukugeza i-fluoride, uma kunconywe udokotela wamazinyo noma udokotela wamazinyo
• ukuqhuma njalo nangokucophelela ukugcina impilo enhle yomlomo

Lapho uphonsa izinsimbi, kukhona amanye amathuluzi okufanele ucatshangelwe ukusebenzisa:

• umucu we-floss, othola i-floss ngaphansi kwezingcingo
• i-wax wax, okungenzeka ukuthi ingabambeki kubakaki
• i-water flosser, ithuluzi le-interdental flossing elisebenzisa amanzi
• amabhulashi asetshenziselwa ukungena ngaphakathi, ahlanza imfucumfucu ne-plaque ebanjwa kubakaki nezintambo, naphakathi kwamazinyo

Ukudla okudlela endlini

I-American Dental Association iphakamisa ukuthi uxubha amazinyo akho kabili ngosuku - cishe imizuzu emibili ngomuthi wokuxubha we-fluoride - bese usebenzisa i-interdental cleaner, efana ne-floss, kanye ngosuku. Ungakwazi ukufaka ngaphambi nangemva kokuxubha.

Ngokungeziwe ekuxubeni nasendlini, hlela ukuvakasha njalo nodokotela wamazinyo ukuthola izinkinga zamazinyo ezingaba khona kusenesikhathi, lapho ukwelashwa kuvame ukuba lula futhi kungabizi kakhulu.