ʻO ka canine (mai Latin canina) he ʻano niho i hoʻohana nui ʻia no ka ʻoki ʻana i ka meaʻai.

Helu a me ke kūlana. Aia i loko o ka waha waha a ma ke kihi o ka piko niho (1), ʻo nā ʻīlio kekahi ʻāpana o ka niho. I loko o ke kanaka, ʻehā mau ʻīlio i puunaue ʻia ma ka niho penei (2):

• ʻelua mau ʻīlio luna, aia ma kēlā ʻaoʻao kēia ʻaoʻao o nā ʻoki luna
• ʻelua mau ʻīlio haʻahaʻa, aia ma kēlā ʻaoʻao kēia ʻaoʻao o nā ʻāpana haʻahaʻa.

'ole. ʻO nā ʻīlio he niho ʻoi me ʻelua mau ʻaoʻao ʻoi. E like me nā niho a pau, ʻo kēlā me kēia ʻīlio he ʻāpana mineralized, innervated, irrigated a haku ʻia ʻekolu mau ʻāpana like ʻole (1):

• ʻO ka lei aliʻi, ka ʻāpana ʻike ʻia o ka niho, ua hana ʻia me ka enamel, dentin a me ke keʻena pulp. I ka hihia o ka canine, kuhikuhi ʻia ka lei me nā ʻaoʻao ʻoi.
• ʻO ka ʻāʻī ke kiko o ka hui ʻana ma waena o ka lei aliʻi a me ke aʻa.
• ʻO ke aʻa, he wahi ʻike ʻole ʻia o ka niho, paʻa i ka iwi alveolar a uhi ʻia e ka ʻāʻī. Hana ʻia ia me ka cement, dentin a me ka canal pulp. I ka ʻīlio, lōʻihi ke kumu a hoʻokahi.

Manaiwa. I loko o ke kanaka, ʻekolu mau niho i hahai kekahi i kekahi. ʻElua manawa ʻike ʻia nā ʻīlio, i ka wā o ka niho mua a me ka lua. I ka wā o ka niho mua, ʻike ʻia nā ʻīlio ʻehā i nā keiki ma kahi o 10 mahina, a he ʻāpana o nā niho liʻiliʻi a i ʻole nā ​​niho waiū. (2) Ma kahi o 6 makahiki, hāʻule nā ​​niho manawaleʻa a hāʻawi i nā niho paʻa, i ʻike ʻia ma ka helu like a ma kahi o 10 mau makahiki no nā ʻīlio. Kūlike lākou me ka lua o ka niho. (3)

Ke kuleana i ka meaʻai. (4) Ma muli o ko lākou ʻano a me ko lākou kūlana, he kuleana ko kēlā me kēia ʻano niho i ka nau ʻana. Me nā ʻaoʻao ʻoi a me ke ʻano kikoo, hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻīlio e ʻoki i nā meaʻai paʻa e like me ka ʻiʻo.

Nā maʻi bacteria.

• Palaho niho. Pili ia i kahi maʻi bacteria e hōʻino ai i ka enamel a hiki ke hoʻopili i ka dentin a me ka pulp. ʻO nā ʻōuli ka ʻeha o ka niho a me ka pala o ka niho. (5)
• Niho abscess. Kūlike ia i ka hōʻiliʻili o ka pus ma muli o kahi maʻi bacteria a hōʻike ʻia e ka ʻeha ʻoi loa.

Nā maʻi maʻi wā.

• Gingivitis. Kūlike ia i kahi mumū o ka gum ma muli o ka plaque kahua niho. (5)
• Periodontitis. ʻO Periodontitis, i kapa ʻia ʻo periodontitis, ka pehu o ka periodontium, ʻo ia ka mea kākoʻo o ka niho. Hoʻohālikelike ʻia nā ʻōuli e ka gingivitis me ka loosening o nā niho. (5)

Kauka hōʻeha niho. Hiki ke hoʻololi i ke ʻano o ka niho ma hope o ka haʻalulu. (6)

Nā kahua niho kahua niho. Aia nā anomalies niho like ʻole i ka nui, ka helu a me ke ʻano.

Lapaʻau waha. Pono ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe waha i kēlā me kēia lā e kaupalena i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka maʻi niho. Hiki ke hana ʻia ka descaling.

Nā lāʻau lapaʻau. Ma muli o ka pathology i ʻike ʻia, hiki ke kuhikuhi ʻia kekahi mau lāʻau e like me nā painkillers a me nā antibiotic.

ʻoki niho. Ma muli o ke ʻano o ka pathology i ʻike ʻia a me kona hoʻololi ʻana, hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia kahi hana ʻokiʻoki me, no ka laʻana, ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kahi prosthesis niho.

Lapaʻau Orthodontic. Aia kēia lāʻau i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā hemahema a i ʻole nā ​​kūlana niho maikaʻi ʻole. 

Nānā niho. Lawe ʻia e ke kauka niho, hiki i kēia hoʻokolokolo ke ʻike i nā anomalies, nā maʻi a i ʻole ka trauma ma nā niho.

X-ray Inā ʻike ʻia kahi pathology, e hana ʻia kahi hoʻokolokolo hou e ka radiograph o ka niho.

Ua kapa ʻia nā ʻīlio luna i kekahi manawa he "niho o ka maka" no ka mea, ʻo ko lākou aʻa lōʻihi loa e piʻi i ka ʻāpana o ka maka. No laila, hiki i ka ma'i ma nā canine o luna ke ho'olaha i ka 'āpana orbital.