{"id":4260,"date":"2025-05-13T15:20:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T12:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.dental-clinic.cmsmasters.net\/?p=1"},"modified":"2025-06-29T18:10:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T15:10:51","slug":"why-do-i-need-a-dental-exam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.athens-dental.com\/en\/why-do-i-need-a-dental-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do I need a dental exam and cleaning every six months?"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"> \n#cmsms_row_69f5ecd7187343_06509307 .cmsms_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-top: 0px; \n} \n\n#cmsms_row_69f5ecd7187343_06509307 .cmsms_row_outer_parent { \n\tpadding-bottom: 50px; \n} \n\n<\/style><div id=\"cmsms_row_69f5ecd7184376_10931189\" class=\"cmsms_row cmsms_color_scheme_default\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_text\">\n<p class=\"western\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Studies have shown that the best way to keep gums and teeth in optimal health is a regular professional dental exam and cleaning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">If after toothbrushing, a small amount of plaque remains, that plaque overtime turns into tartar(calculus). Once that happens, the tartar has to be removed by the dentist. Every person has different need<\/span><span lang=\"en-GB\">s, but 4 or 6 months intervals are most commonly used to schedule people for their professional cleaning.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cmsms_row_69f5ecd7187343_06509307\" class=\"cmsms_row cmsms_color_scheme_default\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer_parent\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_outer\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_inner\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_row_margin\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_column one_first\">\n<div class=\"aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"cmsms_img  cmsms_image_c\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.athens-dental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/athens-dentals-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"dental exam\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"155","_seopress_titles_title":"Why do I need a dental exam and cleaning every six months?","_seopress_titles_desc":"Studies have shown that the best way to keep gums and teeth in optimal health is a regular professional dental exam and cleaning","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dental-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.athens-dental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.athens-dental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.athens-dental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.athens-dental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.athens-dental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4260"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.athens-dental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5819,"href":"https:\/\/www.athens-dental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4260\/revisions\/5819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.athens-dental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.athens-dental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.athens-dental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.athens-dental.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}