Malocclusion of the teeth is when your teeth are misaligned. This can lead to oral health complications if left untreated. It may also be referred to as: crowded teeth crossbite overbite underbite ...

Malocclusion is a bite that doesn’t align properly from front to back. It's often characterized as having crooked teeth or a poor bite. Normally, your front teeth align just in front of your lower ...

The term 'malocclusion' could suggest that an occlusion is intrinsically wrong; this is mistaken. In restorative dentistry an occlusion should only be judged by the tissue reaction to it. Modern ...

Malocclusion, a prevalent dental condition, refers to the misaligned positioning of teeth and jaws that can compromise oral function, facial aesthetics and overall health. In paediatric dentistry, the ...

An orthodontist is a dentist trained to diagnose, prevent, and treat teeth and jaw irregularities. They correct existing conditions and are trained to identify problems that may develop in the future.

Orthodontics is a branch of dentistry that treats malocclusion, a condition in which the teeth are not correctly positioned when the mouth is closed. This results in an improper bite. An orthodontist ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hunter-gatherers had almost no malocclusion and dental crowding, and the condition first became common among the world's earliest farmers some 12,000 years ago in Southwest Asia. Hunter-gatherers had ...

Table 1 shows the habits prevalence during the monitoring period. Bottle feeding was the most prevalent habit at 12, 18 and 30 months (87.5%; 90% and 96.25%, respectively), followed by pacifier with ...

Malocclusion results in malfunction of the major components involved in chewing including the teeth, the upper jaw (maxilla), the lower jaw (mandibular) and jaw joints (temporomandibular joints). The ...