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Dahl effect

Dahl effect proper noun: the relative axial tooth movement that is observed when a localized appliance or a localized restoration is placed in supraocclusion and the occlusion reestablishes full arch contacts over a period of time.

Proper noun

the Dahl effect

  1. The relative axial tooth movement that is observed when a localized appliance or a localized restoration is placed in supraocclusion and the occlusion reestablishes full arch contacts over a period of time.

Questions about Dahl effect

What does Dahl effect mean?
Dahl effect means the relative axial tooth movement that is observed when a localized appliance or a localized restoration is placed in supraocclusion and the occlusion reestablishes full arch contacts over a period of time.
What part of speech is Dahl effect?
Dahl effect is a proper noun.

Words near Dahl effect in the dictionary

  1. dahker
  2. dahkest
  3. dahl
  4. Dahl appliance
  5. Dahl appliances
  6. Dahl effect
  7. Dahl's acid
  8. Dahl's law
  9. Dahlberg
  10. Dahlberg Borer Newcomer syndrome
  11. Dahlbergian

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