Annals and essences of dentistry

  • Year: 2009
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue: 1

Deep overbite-A review (Deep bite, Deep overbite, Excessive overbite)

  • Author:
  • Cvvr sreedhar1, Sreenivas Baratam2
  • Total Page Count: 18
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 8 to 25

1Mythrei Dental college, Durg, ChattisGarh.

2Department of orthodontics, Kalinga institute of Dental sciences, Orissa.

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Abstract

Deep overbite or Deep bite is one of the common malocclusion which has a varied of etiologies. The etiology may be present at different levels of structures, Viz. dental skeletal, combination of skeletal and dental etc..,The treatment plan depends upon the severity and the age of the patient. A review of deep bite in general with due reference to some treated cases is done in this article.

Keywords

Deep bite, skeletal, Dental, Treatment