He mahi tiaki noa te whakakapi i ngā niho pēke mōngā keri, ngā uta uta, me ētahi atu taputapu taumaha. Mā te whakakapinga tika ka pai te mahi me te haumaru. Kei raro nei he aratohu taahiraa-i-te-taahiraa me ngā whakaaro matua.

1. Te Whakarite
① Te Haumaru Tuatahi
Whakatūria te mīhini ki te whenua papatahi, tukua te peere ki raro, ka mau i ngā raka haumaru.
Mauria he karapu, he mōhiti haumaru, me ngā pūtu maitai hei ārai i ngā whara.

② Ngā Utauta e Hiahiatia ana
I runga anō i te pūnaha pupuri niho, me whakarite:
Niho whakapuru: Wīra, pū pā (tērā pea ka hiahiatia he wera mēnā kua waikura ngā pū).
Niho pine: He hama, he poka, he mīhini kukume pine, he pēhi waipēhi rānei.

③ Kōwhiria te Niho Whakakapinga Tika
Tātaitia te tauira niho ki te mea tawhito (tirohia te pukapuka taputapu, inehia rānei ngā inenga).

2. Te Tango i te Niho Tawhito
① Niho Whakapiripiri
Pania te hinu whakatō ki te waikurapūtu, kātahi ka whakamahia he kī pānga.
Mena kua pakaru ngā pūtu, me pokaia kia āta.

② Niho Whakapiripiri
Tangohia ngā topenga pupuri, ngā raka rānei
Whakamahia he patu me te hama hei pei i tepine(tērā pea ka āwhina te wera mēnā kua waikura).

3. Te Tāuta i te Niho Hou
① Horoia & Tirohia
Tangohia te paru, te waikura, ngā para rānei mai i teurutau (kakau).
Me whakarite kia piri pai te niho hou, kāore he āputa

② Whakamaua te Niho

Whakapiripiri: Tāpirihia he hinu ārai-hopu, whakaukia ngā pūtu kia rite ki te tauira whakawhiti (whai i ngā whakaritenga taipana).
Whakapiri: Whakauruhia te pine, kātahi ka tāutahia he topenga pupuri hou, he raka rānei.

4. Ngā Whakaaro Matua
Whakakapia Takirua – Āta karohia te pakaru kore ōrite mā te whakawhiti i ngā niho ōrite ki ngā taha e rua.
Tirohia te Pūmautanga – Tirohia ngā pūtu/pine i muri i ngā haora tuatahi o te whakamahinga.
Kati mēnā he wetekina – Ki te wiri te niho, kati tonu ka whakakukū anō.

5. Te Whakaroa i te Ora o ngā Niho
Kōwhiria te momo niho tika:
Niho toka (konumohe whakapakeke) mō te oro whakakoi.
Ngā niho paerewa mō te oneone paru.
Kaua e utaina ki te taha – Keria tika kia whakaitihia te ahotea.
Hurihia ngā niho – Whakawhitihia ngā niho maui/matau kia taurite ai te pakaru.