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UK
/ˌəʊvəbˈaɪt/
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NOUN
- (dentistry) malocclusion in which the upper teeth extend abnormally far over the lower teeth
How To Use overbite In A Sentence
- If you're like me -- can't tell the difference between a zettabyte and an overbite -- this Big Data stuff may be more than you will want to bite off. Stephen W.T. O'Keeffe: Small Data on Big Data
- Braces What They ' re For: An anterior crossbite, when one or more teeth on top are behind teeth on the bottom (an underbite); buck teeth (an overbite); crooked teeth; spacing. The 8-Year-Old With a Perfect Smile
- Another problem is an overbite (upper jaw hangs over the lower jaw) or underbite (lower jaw is larger than the upper jaw).
- That may explain the wealth of Dracula ballets that have roosted in American regional companies of late - those swirling tapes, that pomaded hair, those sexy overbites!
- She has a slight overbite, which is difficult to notice.
- Liam, the orange-haired boy with the overbite from my Political Science class, stopped beside my table.
- He also had large incisor teeth and the typical overbite characteristic of other kings from his family.
- In particular, he reported that abnormal children with stress-related emotional disturbances had a higher number of instances of overbite and open bite than did normal children.
- Others will develop the dreaded open bite, overbite, or posterior crossbite*. Pacifiers
- Most orthodontists feel that crossbites and underbites (much less common than overbites and crowding in children) might be easier to correct if addressed early, but the research is not yet in on this.