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Summary: Overbites are primarily treated by orthodontists who will use braces, tooth extraction or corrective jaw surgery. Correct an overbite with tips from a licensed dental assistant in this free video series on dental health and oral hygiene.
Michelle McPhail has been a licensed dental assistant for more than seven years. At My Solutionz, she is the office coordinator and treatment coordinator. McPhail keeps everyone, even...read more
"Hi, my name's Michelle, and work at Solutionz. I'm a Dental Assistant, and I'm going to explain to you how you can correct an overbite, okay? By looking at this x-ray, we can see that on the lower jaw the teeth are set further back than the upper jaw, and in this case, mainly you would need to go see an Orthodontist, which is a dentist that deals strictly with braces, and they would be able to assist you in correcting an overbite issue such as this case. What they would initially have you do is we would, they would put upper and lower braces on your teeth. Sometimes, in some cases, you may need to have a tooth extracted, or you might need to have jaw surgery in order to correct an overbite; depending on how severe the case is. But in this case, more than likely you would just have upper and lower braces placed, and in conjunction with a tooth extracted possibly on the upper. And then they would make you wear what we call is rubber bands, and it looks just like a rubber band that is attached from your lower jaw to your upper jaw. And what that does is that aids in helping the braces pull your lower jaw forward, which then in conjunction will bring your upper and your lower teeth closed together. Once again, my name's Michelle, and I just explained to you how you could correct an overbite."
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