{"id":287,"date":"2018-07-09T22:15:17","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T21:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/?p=3569"},"modified":"2018-07-09T22:15:17","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T21:15:17","slug":"all-you-need-to-know-about-gum-grafts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/all-you-need-to-know-about-gum-grafts\/","title":{"rendered":"All You Need to Know About Gum Grafts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For people with receding gums, a gum graft can help prevent loss of teeth. Others may choose to have a gum graft for cosmetic reasons.<\/p>\n<p>In summary:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Your dentist will recommend the most suitable type of gum graft procedure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Gum graft is a same-day surgical procedure involving local anaesthetic; the tissue is either taken from the roof of the mouth or a tissue bank.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Recovery can be aided by taking painkillers, antibiotics, avoiding smoking, and eating soft foods.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The healing process is often quick, taking 1 to 2 weeks for the mouth to heal fully but may take longer.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read the full story here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/322115.php\">https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/322115.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For people with receding gums, a gum graft can help prevent loss of teeth. Others may choose to have a gum graft for cosmetic reasons. In summary: &#8211; Your dentist will recommend the most suitable type of gum graft procedure. &#8211; Gum graft is a same-day surgical procedure involving local anaesthetic; the tissue is either &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/all-you-need-to-know-about-gum-grafts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">All You Need to Know About Gum Grafts<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigentinny.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}