Malocclusion
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malocclusion-176-10554319
title:
Malocclusion
text:
In orthodontics, a malocclusion is a misalignment or incorrect relation between the teeth of the upper and lower dental arches when they approach each other as the jaws close. The English-language term dates from 1864; Edward Angle (1855–1930), the "father of modern orthodontics", popularised it. The word derives from mal- 'incorrect' and occlusion 'the manner in which opposing teeth meet'. The malocclusion classification is based on the relationship of the mesiobuccal cusp of the maxillary firs
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description:
Medical condition
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malocclusion
date created:
2005-07-02T16:46:53Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T17:20:54Z
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