overbiten.
/ˈəʊvəbʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌbaɪt/ Dentistry.
The overlapping of the lower by the upper teeth; the amount of this; esp. the vertical distance by which the upper incisors overlap the lower. Cf. overjet n.
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overbite1887
disocclusion1921
overjet1930
disclusion1964
1887 W. G. A. Bonwill in W. F. Litch Amer. Syst. Dentistry II. 487 It will be found in 95 per cent. of cases that the upper teeth project over the lower, and that the depth of overbite varies as the depth of the cusps of the bicuspids are deep or shallow.
1924 T. Goodhugh Art of Prosthetic Dentistry x. 246 The least amount of overbite occurs with the wisdom teeth, and the greatest amount at the incisors.
1947 E. Hyams William Medium vii. 137 An immensely long upper lip rising from a prominent over~bite and barely covering a number of long, yellow horse~teeth.
1995 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 2 Feb. (Comics section) 19 My grandfather had an enormous overbite... For him, ‘let a smile be your umbrella’ wasn't just a song title.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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