# Kua Tukuna te Tauira Niho Noa Hou, e Huri ana i te Wheako Whakaako me te Whakaaturanga Niho
I roto i te mātauranga niho, te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero mō te tātaritanga mate, me te whakatairanga i te mōhiotanga o te marea, he mea tino nui te tauira niho tika, mārama hoki. I tēnei rā, kua whakarewahia mana e tā mātou paetukutuku motuhake te tauira niho noa kua hangaia kia tino ātaahua, e kawe mai ana i tētahi otinga hou ki ngā āhuatanga ngaio niho, ā, e āwhina ana ki te wawahi i ngā rohe o te tuku me te whakawhitiwhiti mātauranga.
## 1. Te Whakaputa uri Tino Pai, Te Waihanga i tētahi "Tauira Tuturu" o te Anatomi ā-Waha
Kua tutuki i tēnei tauira niho noa te tino tika o te hanganga o te waha tangata. Mō ngā niho, mai i te āhua o ngā niho tapahi, te koki o ngā niho kuri, tae atu ki te kakano o te mata o ngā niho niho, kua arotakehia ia taipitopito e ngā tohunga niho, me te whai i ngā āhuatanga tinana o te tangata, me te whakaatu tika i te raupapa whakaritenga taiao me te ōwehenga rahi o ngā niho, kia taea ai e ngā kaimātakitaki te mārama ki te tohatoha me te arorau āhua o ngā niho hauora.
Mō te wāhanga kapia, ka whakamahia he tukanga motuhake hei whakatauira i te tae me te kakano o ngā kapia tūturu. Mai i te taunga i waenga i ngā kapia me ngā niho ki te piko tūturu o ngā taha kapia, ka whai ia āhuatanga ki te whakatauira i te āhua o ngā kiko ngohengohe i roto i te āhua hauora o te waha, kia puta ai te "āhuatanga waha" tino pono mō te whakaako me te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero. Ahakoa kei te ako tuatahi ngā ākonga niho mō te hanganga waha, kei te mārama rānei ngā tūroro ki ō rātou ake āhuatanga waha, ka taea e rātou te whiwhi i te tohutoro tirohanga tino mārama me te tika mai i tēnei tauira.
## 2. Te Urutau i ngā āhuatanga maha, e kapi ana i te tukanga tiaki niho katoa
### (1) Mātauranga Niho: Te "Pītiti" i waenganui i te Ariā me te Mahi
I roto i te mātauranga niho, he whakaaturanga tūturu tēnei o te mātauranga ariā. Ina whakamārama ngā kaiako i te hanganga o te waha, kāore e hiahiatia kia whakawhirinaki ki ngā hoahoa me ngā whakaahuatanga whakarāpopoto. Mā roto i ngā tauira, ka taea te whakaatu ā-kanohi i ngā mātauranga matua pēnei i te tūranga tipu o ngā niho, te whanaungatanga i waenga i ngā niho tata, me ngā pūwāhi pa o te aukati, ā, ka āwhina i ngā ākonga ki te whakatū wawe i ngā ariā ā-wāhi me te mōhiotanga hanganga. Mā tēnei ka mārama, ka mārama hoki ngā mātauranga ariā ngaro, ka whakapai ake i te whai huatanga o te whakaako me te māramatanga o ngā ākonga, ā, ka whakatakoto i tētahi turanga pakari mō ngā mahi haumanu o muri mai.
### (2) Whakawhitiwhiti Kōrero Hauora: He "Kaiawhina Tirohanga" mō ngā Mahere Tātaritanga me te Maimoatanga
I roto i ngā kōrerorero a te whare niho o ia rā, he mea nui te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero whai hua ki ngā tūroro hei whakapai ake i te kounga o te maimoatanga. Ina taunekeneke ki ngā tūroro, ka taea e ngā tākuta te whakamahi i tēnei tauira hei whakamārama mārama i ngā mahere maimoatanga. Hei tauira, ina kōrerohia te maimoatanga o te pirau niho, ka taea te whakaatu mārama i te tūranga o te niho e pāngia ana i roto i te waha, tōna whanaungatanga ki ngā niho me ngā kapia e tata ana, me te whakamārama i te pānga o ngā tikanga pēnei i te whakakī me te maimoatanga awa pakiaka ki te hanganga niho. Ina whakamāramahia ngā mahere orthodontic, ka taea te whakatauira i te ahunga o te nekehanga o te niho me te pānga whakaritenga whakamutunga, e āhei ai ngā tūroro ki te mārama ki ngā tumanakohanga maimoatanga, te whakaiti i te manukanuka whakawhitiwhiti kōrero, me te whakarei ake i tā rātou mahi tahi me te whakawhirinaki ki te maimoatanga.
### (III) Te Whakapānui me te Whakatairanga: Te "Matapihi Whakawhitiwhiti Kōrero" mō te Mātauranga Hauora Waha
I roto i ngā mahi whakatairanga i te hauora ā-waha, he "āwhina whakaako whetu" tino nui. Ina anga atu ki te marea whānui, inā koa te rōpū rangatahi, mā roto i ngā tauira, ka taea te whakaatu ā-kanohi i ngā tikanga paraihe tika, te tūnga o te whakamahi i te miro niho, te mōrearea o te pahūtanga o ngā niho whakaaro nui, me ētahi atu, ka huri i ngā āhuatanga matapōkere o te tiaki hauora ā-waha hei aratohu mahi ka kitea, ka pā atu hoki. Mā tēnei ka nui ake te whakamere me te whakatenatena o ngā ihirangi whakatairanga, ka āwhina i te whakanui ake i te mōhiotanga ki te hauora ā-waha i waenga i te marea whānui, me te whakatairanga i te aukati i ngā mate ā-waha mai i te pūtake.
## 3. Kounga Pai Rawa, Te Whakapūmau i te Pūmautanga Mo Te Wā Roa
Hei whakatutuki i ngā whakaritenga whakamahinga auau i roto i ngā āhuatanga niho, he mea hanga te tauira ki ngā rauemi kounga teitei, ā, he pai hoki mō te taiao. He kaha te rauemi matua, ā, he ātete ki te pakaru, ka taea te tu atu i ngā pānga maha me ngā kaha o waho i te wā whakamārama. E kore e memeha, e memeha rānei i roto i te wā roa o te whakamahinga, kia mau tonu ai te āhua tinana tika o te tauira, me te ātaahua hoki o te tirohanga.
I taua wā tonu, he haumaru te rauemi, kāore hoki he paitini, e tutuki ana i ngā paerewa tiaki taiao. Ahakoa e whakamahia pinepine ana i roto i te taiao whakaako, i te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero rānei ki ngā tūroro, kāore he take e manukanuka ai ki ngā tūponotanga hauora. E whai whakaaro ana hoki tōna hoahoa māmā ki te kawe. Ahakoa he whakaaturanga nekeneke i roto i te akomanga, he nekehanga i waenga i ngā rūma kōrero rerekē i roto i te whare hauora, he kawe rauemi rānei mō ngā mahi mātauranga pūtaiao tūmatanui i waho, ka taea te whakahaere ngāwari, kia kore ai e herea te horapa o te mātauranga e ngā herenga wāhi.
## IV. Te Whakatuwhera i tētahi Ahu Hou mō te Whakatōtōtanga o te Mātauranga Hauora ā-Waha
Ehara i te mea he taputapu whakaako me te whakaatu noa iho tēnei tauira niho noa, engari he "whakakaha" hoki mō te hora i ngā uara ngaio niho. Mā tēnei ka taea te tuku mātauranga niho kia wehe atu i ngā tauira tuku iho, kia tae atu ki te hunga whakarongo i roto i te huarahi mārama ake, mārama ake hoki. Ka taea e ngā tohunga niho te whakamahi hei whakapai ake i te kounga whakaako me te whai huatanga o te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero i te wā e tātaritanga ana me te maimoatanga. Ka taea e ngā whare wānanga te whakapai ake i te pūnaha whakaakoranga hanganga ā-waha, ā, ka taea e ngā kaimahi rongonui pūtaiao te whakanui ake i te hora i te mātauranga hauora.
Nā, kua tae mai ngā kāreti niho, ngā whare hauora, ngā whare whakatairanga pūtaiao me ngā tohunga e pā ana ki te takiuru ki tā mātou paetukutuku motuhake hei hoko. Tukua tēnei tauira niho noa hei hoa pono māu i roto i te mahi niho, kia tīmata tahi ai i tētahi wheako hou o te hora i te mātauranga ā-waha me ngā ratonga ngaio, hei tautoko i te whanaketanga o te mara niho me te kaupapa o te hauora ā-waha whānui.
Wā tuku: 23 o Ākuhata-2025