Having straight teeth and a beautiful smile can be a confidence booster. If you have an overjet, sometimes called buck teeth, you might feel self-conscious and hide your smile. You might even avoid ...

Studies were split according to the type of teeth and the overjet threshold used, thus obtaining three subsets; primary teeth – overjet threshold 3-4 mm; permanent teeth – overjet threshold 3-4 mm and ...

If you or your child has an overbite, you may be looking at options for correcting it. There are several different types of treatment which your orthodontist may recommend. The type most likely to ...

Edmund Khoo, DDS, is an orthodontist and clinical associate professor at the New York University College of Dentistry. Clear aligners or braces can fix a mild overbite in as few as six months. Severe ...

Physical impaction of debris or plaque into the periodontal pocket aggravated by deep traumatic overbite may lead to formation of bony defects. Treatment of these lesions should address the deep ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) not only detected malocclusions, specifically predicting angle classification, but it did so better than orthodontists. The study was recently published in the American ...