Ma hope o ʻekolu mahina, e hoʻomaka ka pēpē e nahu i ke ʻano a i ʻole ka maʻamau, ʻoiai i ka manawa i hoʻomaka ai ʻo ia e ʻōpuʻu, e nahu i kēlā me kēia lā, nā mea āpau e waiho ai i loko o kona waha e nahu. I kēia manawa, makemake nā mākua e kūʻai i nā mea pāʻani kūikawā no ka pēpē e pale aku iā ia mai ka nahu ʻana i kekahi mau mea pāʻani maikaʻi ʻole.

No laila, he aha nā mea pāʻani e ʻae ʻia ai nā pēpē e nahu?

ʻO ka mea hoʻoheheʻe niho siliconeHe mea pāʻani kūpono ia no ka nahu ʻana o ka pēpē, ua ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo ia ka lāʻau molar, i ka wā e ʻeha loa ai nā niho o ka pēpē i ka waha, hiki i ka gum ke hoʻomaikaʻi i nā niho o ka pēpē i ka nau ʻana, nā hōʻailona nahu, i hiki ai i nā niho o ka pēpē ke ulu wikiwiki. Inā makemake ʻoe e kūʻai i ka gum no kāu pēpē, e koho pono i kahi brand gum nui a hele i kahi hale kūʻai kaulana e hōʻoia i ka palekana a me ke kūlana o ka huahana.

ʻO ka mea pāʻani e kūpono i ka pēpē e nahu ai, ʻo ia ke pale ʻana i ka mea pāʻani plastik, akā makemake ʻoe e koho i nā mea pāʻani plastik palupalu, ʻo ia ʻano mea pāʻani plastik ʻoiai inā hāʻule i ka honua, ʻaʻole ia e haki koke. ʻO kēia ʻano mea pāʻani plastik e palekana, ʻaʻohe mea ʻawahia, ʻaʻole ia e hōʻino ʻia e ka pēpē, inā nahu ʻia e ia, ʻaʻohe mea e waiho ʻia i loko o ka waha o ka pēpē, mai lawe mai i kekahi pilikia.

Ke hoʻomaka kāu pēpē e nahu, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻōki iā ia, akā, mai ʻae iā ia e nahu i nā mea āpau. Nui nā bacteria a me nā virus e komo i ke kino o kāu pēpē mai ka waha mai. E hōʻoia i ka nahu ʻana o kāu pēpē i ka meaʻai maʻemaʻe a olakino.