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n. - (dentistry) a condition in which the opposing teeth do not mesh normally.

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Usage examples (29)
  • Definite class-two malocclusion, moderately severe.
  • "This," he explained, "will distalize the maxillary arch in the right buccal segment and correct the Class 2 malocclusion."
  • Fox, I may be wrong, but the hirsuite dude with the serious malocclusion (wife's a dentist and she spotted it right away) and the taste for jelly sandwiches is from the...
  • Just in the physical we have anatomical anomalies, gait anomalies, descending malocclusion problems, all very real stressors which either aggravate an injury, increase...
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