{"id":4399,"date":"2025-06-19T17:25:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T14:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leodentclinic.com\/faq-items\/will-tartar-removal-change-the-shape-of-my-teeth-does-the-procedure-require-anaesthesia\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T17:25:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T14:25:53","slug":"will-tartar-removal-change-the-shape-of-my-teeth-does-the-procedure-require-anaesthesia","status":"publish","type":"avada_faq","link":"https:\/\/leodentclinic.com\/en\/faq-items\/will-tartar-removal-change-the-shape-of-my-teeth-does-the-procedure-require-anaesthesia\/","title":{"rendered":"Will tartar removal change the shape of my teeth? Does the procedure require anaesthesia?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No, tartar removal does not change the shape of your teeth. Only the hard deposits on the surface are removed; the natural structure and shape of your teeth remain unchanged. After cleaning, your teeth will feel smoother and cleaner, but their shape will remain the same.  <\/p>\n<p>No, tartar removal does not usually require anaesthesia. The procedure is mostly painless, and patients only feel a slight vibration or discomfort. If your teeth are very sensitive or you are afraid, your dentist may apply local anaesthesia.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, tartar removal does not change the shape of your  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"faq_category":[111],"class_list":["post-4399","avada_faq","type-avada_faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","faq_category-tartar-removal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leodentclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/4399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leodentclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leodentclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leodentclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leodentclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leodentclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/4399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leodentclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leodentclinic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_category?post=4399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}