{"id":963,"date":"2016-05-09T10:34:17","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T07:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orthosmile.com.cy\/en\/?page_id=963"},"modified":"2016-05-12T10:31:08","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T07:31:08","slug":"oral-hygiene","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.orthosmile.com.cy\/en\/oral-hygiene\/","title":{"rendered":"Oral Hygiene"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_section-53ae18a7c4bc0620ad4dfbc409de10f6\">\n.avia-section.av-av_section-53ae18a7c4bc0620ad4dfbc409de10f6{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/www.orthosmile.com.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/brush-clear-aligner-close-up-orthosmile-web.jpg);\nbackground-position:0% 0%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n.avia-section.av-av_section-53ae18a7c4bc0620ad4dfbc409de10f6 .av-section-color-overlay{\nopacity:0.4;\nbackground-color:#0a0a0a;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section 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id=\"style-css-av-av_textblock-0495ba487d93331d0a255e1072a23468\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-av_textblock-0495ba487d93331d0a255e1072a23468 .avia_textblock{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0495ba487d93331d0a255e1072a23468 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Correct and regular keep of oral hygiene during your orthodontic treatment is of outmost importance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A beautiful smile is consisted not only by beautiful teeth but also from healthy teeth and gingiva.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div><\/div><!--close column table wrapper. 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