Intercuspation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The interlocking of the cusps of upper and lower teeth. countable, uncountable

    "All the patients were instructed to keep awake with the maximum intercuspation during the CBCT scanning."

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"All the patients were instructed to keep awake with the maximum intercuspation during the CBCT scanning."

Etymology

From inter- + cuspation.

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