Ka wehe ʻana i ka tartar i nā ʻīlio

ʻOi aku ka maʻalahi o ka pale ʻana ma mua o ka mālama ʻana. ʻO ke kumu maʻamau o ka mumū ʻo ia ka tartar, ka mea e pale ai i ka pili ʻana o nā ʻāʻī i nā niho. E like me ke kānāwai, hiki ke loaʻa inā ʻaʻole lawa ka ʻīlio i ka meaʻai paʻa (kāloti holoʻokoʻa, ʻāpala, pahū, etc.)

Inā ʻaʻole kūpono ka meaʻai paʻa i kāu ʻīlio, pono ʻoe e palaki mau i nā niho o kāu ʻīlio (ma ka liʻiliʻi loa i hoʻokahi pule) me ka pulupulu pulupulu i loko o ka pauka niho (ʻaʻole ʻono wale nō) a i ʻole kahi ʻīlio ʻīlio kūikawā. A laila ʻānai ʻia nā niho me ka lole palupalu.

Inā ua ʻike mua ʻia ka tartar, pono e wehe ʻia me ka mechanically. 

1. E mālama pono i kāu ʻīlio a paʻa paʻa i kona maka me ka lima hoʻokahi. 
2. Me ka lima hoʻokahi, e hāpai i kou lehelehe i ka manawa like. 
3. Me kahi makau kūikawā no ka wehe ʻana i ka tartar (scaler) ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, e hoʻoneʻe mālie i ka ʻōpala me ka ʻāpana hana o ka mea kani.
4. E kau i ka scaler ma waena o ka tartar a me ke kāʻei, e kaomi ikaika i ka niho a paʻa like me ia. 
5. Wehe i ka tartar me ka neʻe kū pololei.

 ʻO ka wehe ʻana i ka tartar he hana pono ia, no ka mea, hiki iā ia ke hōʻeha i kou hoa ʻehā wāwae a ʻo ia ke kumu o ka pilau o ka waha o ka ʻīlio. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi inā wehe ʻia nā pōhaku nui e ke kauka holoholona. I kekahi manawa hoʻohana ʻia ka anesthesia maʻamau no kēia kaʻina hana. ʻAʻole i hana ʻia kahi ala kūpono no ka pale ʻana i ka tartar.