benocclusion
noun/bɛnəˈkluːʒən/
Etymology
Probably coined by Simeon Hayden Guilford ante 1905: Latin ben(e) (“well, properly”) + occlusion (“alignment of the teeth in closed jaws”), after malocclusion (“misalignment of the upper and lower sets of teeth”).
Definitions
Normal occlusion (alignment) of the teeth when the jaws are closed.
- Benocclusion…is well illustrated by Fig. 11 which represents the teeth of a Caucasian in a state of contact or rest.
The neighborhood
- antonymmalocclusionantonym(s) of “normal occlusion”
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