{"id":11024,"date":"2023-02-16T10:07:49","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T09:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adent.ch\/dentistes\/marion-kromer-3\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T11:40:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T09:40:40","slug":"laure-maillard-gafner","status":"publish","type":"equipe","link":"https:\/\/adent.ch\/en\/dentist\/laure-maillard-gafner\/","title":{"rendered":"Laure MAILLARD GAFNER"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"two-column-block\" >\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-between\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-delay=\"200\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-duration=\"300\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-lg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Prophylaxis assistant Laure Maillard Gafner works at <a href=\"https:\/\/adent.ch\/en\/clinic\/marin-centre\/\">the Adent dental clinic in Marin Centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After graduating as a dental assistant, she trained in prophylaxis. 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