disoccludev.
/dɪsəˈkluːd/, U.S. /ˌdɪsəˈklud/ Dentistry.
transitive and intransitive = disclude v. 3.
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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > tooth or teeth > [verb (intransitive)] > position or arrangement
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1910 Dental Cosmos 52 542/1 Local treatment will cover..disoccluding such morsal surfaces as malocclusion causes to strain on affected roots.
1919 Jrnl. Amer. Dental Assoc. 6 870 Correcting traumatic occlusion, or disoccluding where needed.
1967 Jrnl. Prosthetic Dentistry 17 562 The articulator has misled us in concepts regarding the way..the teeth disocclude.
2008 D. J. Magee Orthopedic Physical Assessment (ed. 5) iv. 215/2 For lateral deviation, the teeth are slightly disoccluded and the patient moves the mandible laterally, first to one side and then to the other.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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