{"id":7860,"date":"2026-08-19T23:59:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T19:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nbdental.ge\/gingivitis-mkurnaloba\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T11:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T07:20:13","slug":"gingivitis-mkurnaloba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbdental.ge\/en\/gingivitis-mkurnaloba\/","title":{"rendered":"Gingivitis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gum disease can develop with inadequate hygiene or other systemic diseases. Gingivitis is characterized by inflammation of the interdental papillae and the marginal (edge) areas of the gums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Causes of gingivitis:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Inadequate oral hygiene<br>\u2022 Harmful habits<br>\u2022 Defects in fillings and artificial crowns<br>\u2022 Crowded teeth<br>\u2022 Gum injury<br>\u2022 Immunodeficiency<br>\u2022 Taking various medications<br>\u2022 Infectious diseases<br>\u2022 Somatic diseases<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the mouth, gingivitis looks very similar to periodontitis, but with gingivitis the inflammation does not spread to the bone and is limited to the soft tissues. Without proper treatment, gingivitis may progress to periodontitis, although this does not always happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Treatment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In many cases, curing gingivitis only requires removing the causes and having a professional hygiene cleaning, after which the patient fully recovers, provided they keep up good hygiene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conservative treatment methods:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Professional oral hygiene (removal of soft and hard deposits above and below the gum line)<br>\u2022 Anti-inflammatory therapy<br>\u2022 Personal hygiene &#8211; choosing oral hygiene products and learning the correct brushing technique<br>\u2022 Etiological treatment:<br> treatment of carious defects<br> correction of fillings and artificial crowns<br> rational prosthetics<br> bite correction<br> eliminating harmful habits<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Surgical treatment methods:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Removal of the hypertrophied part of the gum<br>\u2022 Correction of the tongue and lip frenula<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn everything about gingivitis: what causes gum inflammation, how to recognize the symptoms and which methods are used to cure it fully and in time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":6796,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,29,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hygiene","category-therapy","category-tips"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbdental.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbdental.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbdental.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbdental.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbdental.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7860"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nbdental.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8131,"href":"https:\/\/nbdental.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7860\/revisions\/8131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbdental.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nbdental.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbdental.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nbdental.ge\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}