balanced occlusion

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The even alignment of upper and lower teeth on the right and left and in front and back within the functional range.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

That means Japanese whiskies are beautifully balanced and elegant; they touch and develop on every sensor on the palate.
Watch Out, Scotland! Japanese Whisky Is on the Rise|Kayleigh Kulp|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Or, this year, the ways in which religious liberty (both real and imagined) is balanced against civil rights.
RFRA Madness: What’s Next for Anti-Democratic ‘Religious Exemptions’|Jay Michaelson|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Great Invisible is something of a marvel—a balanced, unabridged portrait of life before and after the BP disaster.
Deepwater Horizon: Life Drowning in Oil|Samuel Fragoso|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then, as the car pulled away, he again began his slow movements with the girl delicately balanced on the hitching post.
Gay Talese on Charlie Manson’s Home on the Range|Gay Talese|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST

She now chronicles her recovery in her re-branded site called The Balanced Blonde.
Orthorexia: When Healthy Eating Becomes an Obsession|DailyBurn|October 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In any social movement, then, change and alteration in a new direction must be balanced against the demands of social stability.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
But the balanced forces once displaced would be seen constantly to come to an equilibrium at a new point.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
The introduction of the balanced Swell pedal (Walcker, 1863) has greatly increased the tonal resources of the organ.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
These contrivances are applicable only to such organs as have the balanced swell pedal.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
Perhaps they thought them so nearly divided, and so almost evenly balanced, that the one neutralised the other.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow