Kāohi

xylitol. Nā haʻawina⁵ manaʻo ʻia ka maikaʻi o ka xylitol i ka pale ʻana i nā lua. Hiki i kēia mea ʻono maoli ke kāohi i ka bacteria ʻO Streptococcus mutans. No laila, hiki i ka nau ʻana i nā ʻōpala me ka xylitol ke kōkua i nā niho.

propolis. Ua hōʻike ʻia kekahi mau hoʻāʻo holoholona i nā hopena maikaʻi mai ka propolis, akā i loko o ke kanaka ua hui pū nā hopena i loaʻa⁶. Wahi a ka mea kākau o kahi synthesis e pili ana i nā waiwai anti-caries o propolis, ʻokoʻa nā hopena no ka mea ʻokoʻa ke ʻano o ka propolis i hoʻohana ʻia i ka wā o nā hoʻokolohua.⁷.

ʻAla. Hiki i ka ʻai ʻana i ka cheese, e like me nā noiʻi he nui, ke pale i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā lua^{8, 9,10}. ʻO ka poʻe i kuleana no kēia hopena cariogenic, ʻo ia nā minerala i ka paʻakai, ʻo ia hoʻi ka calcium a me ka phosphorus. Mālama lākou i ka demineralization o nā niho a kōkua pū i kā lākou mineralization¹¹. A hoʻopaʻa haʻawina¹² ʻO kāna ʻaoʻao i manaʻo i ka hopena o ka ʻai ʻana i ka yogurt, me ka ʻole o ka hōʻike ʻana i nā hopena like no nā huahana waiu ʻē aʻe e like me ka tiiki, ka pata a i ʻole ka waiū.

Kāpē. ʻO ke kī, inā he ʻōmaʻomaʻo a ʻeleʻele paha, e kōkua pū kekahi i ka pale ʻana i ka pala niho. He mea ia e hoemi ai i ka hana a kekahi enzyme i loko o ke kohu nona ka hana o ka wawahi ana i ka starch mea'ai i mau ko ma'alahi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia he hopena maikaʻi ke kī ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ka caries ma muli o kāna polyphenols e kaupalena ʻia ai ka ulu ʻana o nā caries e pili ana me nā caries.^13,14,15.

Cranberry. ʻO ka ʻai ʻana i nā cranberries e hōʻemi i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka palaka niho a me ka pala o ka niho. E akahele naʻe, no ka mea, ʻo nā wai i loko o ia mea he waiwai nui i ke kō a no laila ʻino no ka maʻemaʻe waha.¹⁶.

Hop. ʻO nā polyphenols, nā mea i loaʻa i ka hops, lohi e like me kekahi mau haʻawina^17,18 ka hoʻokumu ʻana o ka plaque niho a no laila kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā lua.