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Orthodontic concern
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overbite
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Word definitions for overbite in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Overbite medically refers to the extent of vertical (superior-inferior) overlap of the maxillary central incisors over the mandibular central incisors , measured relative to the incisal ridges. The term overbite does not refer to a specific condition, nor ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (dentistry) malocclusion in which the upper teeth extend abnormally far over the lower teeth
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A malocclusion in which the upper teeth extend over the lower ones.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"overlapping of the lower teeth by the upper ones," 1887, from over- + bite (n.).
Usage examples of overbite.
My own lips immediately curled into a heartfelt smile of their own, although they stopped short of exposing the gentle overbite that not even years of expensive orthodontics had been able to correct completely.
Five weeks later she'd found out he'd married his childhood sweetheart - a vapid blonde with huge boobs and a serious overbite.
Her overbite was as elegant, in its way, as Gene Tierney's, but biggera Cinemascope smile.
With bleached-blonde hair, darker contact lenses, and a tiny dental appliance that gave her a not unattractive overbite and slightly bucked teeth, she was transformed.
She was tall and slender and brown, with a slightly horsy face and generous features and a pronounced overbite, the sort of tomboyish look I’d always found attractive, though overall she was a bit sinewy for my tastes.
He turned away, to face the esper representative, a tiny woman barely four feet tall, with golden skin and leaf green hair and the biggest overbite Lewis had ever seen.
The overbite had been minimalized by braces, and by the time Joyce was fifteen she'd trimmed down to look like Barbie on steroids.