it is said to be in normal occlusion when the teeth are present
and occluding in a healthy, stable, and pleasant manner while ideal
occlusion or we all know "perfect occlusion" is the relationship
existing when all the teeth are perfectly placed in the arches of
the jaws and have a normal anatomic relationship to each other. We
can attain normal occlusion but never an ideal occlusion.
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