Overbite

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#16 Post by **Kerry** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:52 am

if your lower jaw is ver pronounced already could it be your upper jaw thats the problem ?

i have to have lower jaw surgery as my lower jaw is too far back but i dont actually have much of a chin to be fair so it would be nice to have one and it would make my side profile much nicer, however my upper jaw is fine (we think)

#17 Post by **Marchhare2008** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:30 am

Well, I think I should stop speculating and go and see an orthodontist.

I don't have much of an overjet (couple of mm between top and lower teeth when biting which I think is normal). It's just the overbite where my top teeth practically cover my bottom teeth.

#18 Post by **dfac001** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:32 am

I just went to my consultation last wk.
I have overcrowding in top and bottom. 100% overbite. No overjet.
My ortho said my face is too short now. After treatment my face will look longer. Like the ratio will be balanced out.

He said i would need to wear some sort of appliance every night for 3 months to pull my upper teeth upward.

Anyone knows what he's talking about? My ortho is a chinese guy who came from Taiwan w/ an accent. He is nice I think better than other ortho consultations I had been too. But I didn't understand half of what he said he seemed to know what he was doing though lol.

#19 Post by **BellBoy** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 2:42 pm

I don't have much of an overjet (couple of mm between top and lower teeth when biting which I think is normal). It's just the overbite where my top teeth practically cover my bottom teeth.

I am the same. There are only a couple mm between my front teeth and my bottom teeth when I bite (and I think that is due to the front teeth being angled forwards.) But my front teeth cover about half of my lower teeth when I bite so I guess about 3-4mm or something. However looking at me my buck teeth seem more severe that a couple of mm here and there, its strange.

#20 Post by **HeadgearJoe** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:58 pm

i was put into combination headgear , started out with 22 hours a day an was later on to 10 to 12 hours a day then , just 8 to 10 , to sleep in , an yes it was a long time in headgear for me , i'm out of it now but then darn things realy work well , not a joy to wear , but i did it over removing teeth .or surgery , an i'm very happy with the outcome,

#21 Post by **KatieBug** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:59 pm

A Herbst or Nance?