{"id":4511,"date":"2022-06-20T16:07:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T16:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdr.foobrdigital.com\/?p=4511"},"modified":"2022-06-20T16:07:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T16:07:13","slug":"causes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/20\/causes\/","title":{"rendered":"Causes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-19\">Gingivostomatitis can be caused by the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-21\"><li><strong>Viruses<\/strong>: The\u00a0herpes simplex\u00a0virus type 1 (HSV-1) and\u00a0coxsackievirus\u00a0both can cause the condition to develop.<\/li><li><strong>Poor oral hygiene<\/strong>: Failing to brush or floss appropriately can lead to gingivostomatitis.<\/li><li><strong>Bacterial infection<\/strong>: In rare instances, gingivostomatitis can be caused by bacteria such as\u00a0<em>Streptococcus<\/em>\u00a0or\u00a0<em>Actinomyces<\/em>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-23\">HSV-1 is the most common cause and accounts for roughly 90% of all cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout-heading_1-0-1\">Gingivostomatitis and Adults<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the infection is more common in children, adults can develop it if they contract a virus that leads to it. In some instances, the herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) (the viral infection associated with\u00a0genital herpes) can lead to the infection in some adults.<sup>4<\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gingivostomatitis can be caused by the following: Viruses: The\u00a0herpes simplex\u00a0virus type 1 (HSV-1) and\u00a0coxsackievirus\u00a0both can cause the condition to develop. Poor oral hygiene: Failing to brush or floss appropriately can lead to gingivostomatitis. Bacterial infection: In rare instances, gingivostomatitis can be caused by bacteria such as\u00a0Streptococcus\u00a0or\u00a0Actinomyces. HSV-1 is the most common cause and accounts for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[692],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4511"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4511\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}