Is a "deep bite" the same thing as an "over bite"??!
Question: Is a "deep bite" the same thing as an "over bite"!?!?
i was just wondering cuz a lot of people say its the same thing!.!.!. i apparrently have a "deep bite" but is that the same!?!?!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
An overbite is how much your upper teeth overlap your lower teeth in a vertical direction - ie how much of your lower front teeth are covered by your upper front teeth when your back teeth are biting together!. The normal range is 1/2 to 1/3 of the lower teeth being covered by the uppers!. It may also be known as a deep bite, especially if the overbite is large - virtually the whole height of the lower teeth being covered!.
Some people use 'overbite' when they really mean 'overjet' - overjet is the distance between your upper and lower teeth horizontally, easiest to see when you look at someone in profile!. The upper teeth are normally positioned a little further out than the lowers (2-3mm), an overjet is anything more than that (and a reverse overjet is if the lower jaw stick out more than the upper jaw)Www@Answer-Health@Com
Some people use 'overbite' when they really mean 'overjet' - overjet is the distance between your upper and lower teeth horizontally, easiest to see when you look at someone in profile!. The upper teeth are normally positioned a little further out than the lowers (2-3mm), an overjet is anything more than that (and a reverse overjet is if the lower jaw stick out more than the upper jaw)Www@Answer-Health@Com
an overbite is when your top teeth stick out like mine used to never heard of adeep bite but im pretty sure it is when they lower teeth stick out more!Www@Answer-Health@Com