Do most people have overbites?
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Surely, what teeth are in front depends on whether you move your bottom jaw back or forward ? And on how you are used keep your jaw in neutral state...
Not really. for instance my bottom jaw front teeth naturally overlap my top jaws front teeth. Its a strain to try to get them to be together and i defo cant keep that up for more than a sec.
Also my bottom jaw can come forward quite a lot if i want it to about a 1cm forward compared to my original position of bottom teeth. Duno why probs a underbite thing.
Also my bottom jaw can come forward quite a lot if i want it to about a 1cm forward compared to my original position of bottom teeth. Duno why probs a underbite thing.
An overbite is common in most people, some people just have deeper overbites than others and sometimes this can cause a problem with trauma to the teeth. Overbite is how far the upper teeth 'overlap' the lowers vertically. An overJET is how far in front (behind) the upper teeth are to the lowers, people with increased overjets look 'goofy'. If you dont have an overbite it's referred to as an anterior open bite.
I have slight overbite and all my wisdom teeth now which has kind of screwed up my teeth which used to be perfect after having a retainer when I was in my early teens.
Now my front teeth are slightly overlapped which is pretty annoying but my dentist says its fine.
Now my front teeth are slightly overlapped which is pretty annoying but my dentist says its fine.
With my mouth closed, my molars fit perfectly, and I have the slightest overbite in the front.
This is ideal, as molars are in sync for crushing/chewing, and front teeth are right for cutting/tearing.
Look at scissors, if the respective edges didn't overlap, they wouldn't cut as well.
This is ideal, as molars are in sync for crushing/chewing, and front teeth are right for cutting/tearing.
Look at scissors, if the respective edges didn't overlap, they wouldn't cut as well.
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This guy has before and afters of his underbite jaw surgery.
I had something similar, except they moved both of my jaws (a bisagittal split osteotomy with a modified Lefort II whatever that means!). They ended up breaking all the bone from around my nose/under by eyes and to stop my nose collapsing after bringing my top jaw forward took some of the excess bone and added it to my nose. Now have all sorts of metal plates + screws around my nose and jaw
I've got some before + after pics up here if anyone's interested.
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Makes me cringe to see this happening considering i may need this or somit like it.
@York. Thankfully it doesnt look like i have as big as a underbite as you had as in the bottom lip sticks out whereas mine doesnt its just my bottom teeth behind the gum is more forward. Also congrats on the new look it looks good.
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Yeah my lower wisdom teeth have made a right mess mine.
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I had something similar, except they moved both of my jaws (a bisagittal split osteotomy with a modified Lefort II whatever that means!). They ended up breaking all the bone from around my nose/under by eyes and to stop my nose collapsing after bringing my top jaw forward took some of the excess bone and added it to my nose. Now have all sorts of metal plates + screws around my nose and jaw
I've got some before + after pics up here if anyone's interested.
They done a great job there. Did you have any of the lip numbness?
Looked like you went 12 rounds with mike tyson lol.
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I had this when I was younger
For the first few months both my top lip and the area between my bottom lip + chin was totally numb. I've regained full feeling in my top lip, but the area around my bottom lip is still pretty numb (although better than it was - I just can't feel things like sauce running down my chin).
You do get used to it, eventually!
Yeah the swelling was pretty bad! I had a giant ice pack that went around my entire face and was tied in a nice neat bow above my head in recovery. Apparently I looked like a giant giftwrapped chipmunk with all the swelling!
Just realised that all of the photos I'd uploaded were from when I still had some swelling left over. I've uploaded a photo from about 18 months after my surgery here
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Good stuff. So is the numbness a forever thing to live with? Bit of a trade off I bet but i'm sure you don't mind the numbness as much.
My surgery wasn't too bad. Worst of it for me was waking up in recovery with an oxygen mask on unable to move my arms (they hadn't moved me properly for 10 hours so they were very very numb) and unable to speak properly feeling like I was going to throw up. Just as a nurse notices I'm awake and starts to move towards me I throw up a stomach full of blood into the oxygen mask. That wasn't pretty!
The pain wasn't too bad, but the dissolvable drugs they gave tasted disgusting.
Very pleased I had the surgery now. Was a week before I had a shave and really looked in a mirror and I didn't recognise myself!@york. Thankfully it doesnt look like i have as big as a underbite as you had as in the bottom lip sticks out whereas mine doesnt its just my bottom teeth behind the gum is more forward. Also congrats on the new look it looks good.