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Overbite commonly refers to a lower jaw being too far behind the upper jaw (retrognathia) or a misalignment of the teeth. Medically the term 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 is it a form of malocclusion. Rather an absent or excess overbite would be a malocclusion.
