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ˈoverbite Dentistry.
[over- 8 (?).]
The overlapping of the lower teeth, esp. the incisors, by the corresponding upper teeth; now usu. confined to overlap in a vertical direction. Cf. overjet.
1887W. G. A. Bonwill in W. F. Litch Amer. Syst. Dentistry II. 487 It will be found in 95 per cent. of cases that the upper teeth project over the lower, and that the depth of overbite varies as the depth of the cusps of the bicuspids are deep or shallow. 1924T. Goodhugh Art of Prosthetic Dentistry x. 246 The least amount of overbite occurs with the wisdom teeth, and the greatest amount at the incisors. 1947E. Hyams William Medium vii. 137 An immensely long upper lip rising from a prominent over⁓bite and barely covering a number of long, yellow horse⁓teeth. 1971R. M. & F. M. Keesing New Perspectives in Cultural Anthropol. 55 The ‘overbite’ in the mouths of most of today's readers is apparently an adaptation in the maturation process to eating soft foods. |