How is a deep bite correction
Deep Overbite Bite & Braces: Causes and Correction / Orthodontic Treatments
so if you've seen these last few videos
we've done a lot of talking about
overbite versus overjet and a lot of
people misunderstand the term overbite
but in today's video we're going to talk
about what an overbite really is
and some ways your orthodontist might
fix it so let's go
what's up guys dr greg here back with
another episode of races explained i
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usually i film these videos on wednesday
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video
in these last few weeks we've been
talking a lot about overbite and overjet
and i know a lot of people misunderstand
the terms a lot of people think overbite
is how much your upper teeth stick out
compared to your lower teeth but that's
not true
as we've talked about in previous videos
that's actually called over jet
when we talk about over bite and
orthodontics we talk about how much your
upper and lower teeth overlap each other
in the vertical dimension so if you have
a very large over bite
it's not that your upper teeth stick far
out forward it's that your upper teeth
overlap your lower teeth so much that
you can't even see your lower teeth this
is also called a deep bite so a big
overbite
is a deep bite so you're probably
thinking that's great deep bite whatever
how does your orthodontist fix it well
there's a bunch of different ways an
overbite can be treated and the main way
that this overbite can be treated is
based off of what caused the overbite
right
so first we're going to talk about the
causes of these different overbites and
then we could talk about a few ways that
your orthodontist might
treat this so a big overbite can be
caused by a few things
one is when your upper teeth are over
extruded which means that your upper
teeth
have over erupted over your lower teeth
and that causes a deep bite because it
overlaps your lower teeth on the flip
side
if your lower teeth over erupt and
basically go behind the upper teeth too
much that's another cause of a deep bite
in both of these cases this is what's
called a curve of speed
this curve of speed is basically if you
were to look at the teeth
from the side if the teeth on the lower
kind of curve
up like this that's called a curve of
speed so basically your premolars are
going to be lower
than your canines which are lower than
your incisors so you basically see a
slanting up
and that's called a curve of speed and a
big curve of speed can contribute to
this deep bite and i know a bunch of you
guys have been asking what's a reverse
curve of speed wire
don't worry we're going to get to that
but this is a little bit of an intro
into what that is so next let's talk
about why a deep bite or a big overbite
is so bad and why are orthodontists
recommend treating this if you guys
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let's continue on with today's episode
if you have too deep of a bite a lot of
things can happen one is that can
actually impinge on your palate and
actually cut up the gums on the tongue
side
of your upper teeth i know that sounds
painful right and what this can lead to
is
actually recession of the gums back
there as well as sensitivity early wear
of the teeth a lot of bad
things another thing a deep overbite can
cause is that it can actually
lock that lower jaw back and what this
can do is cause a lot of tension and
strain in the tm joints
and this results in a problem called
temporal mandibular dysfunction
or tmd which is a lot of people call tmj
other things they could do is lead to
early wear chipping of teeth a lot of
bad things
so this is why your orthodontist is
going to recommend correction of
an overbite it's not ideal to have an
open by either you want your upper and
lower teeth to overlap a little bit and
this is because whenever you move your
teeth around
it's kind of used to protect your back
teeth from having them wear away too
early
but having an excessive overbite can
lead to all these previously explained
problems
so now let's go on to what you guys have
been curious about what are some ways
your orthodontist
can treat this deep overbite well now it
kind of goes back to the first point on
what's the cause of the overbite if your
upper teeth have
over extruded what you might see is a
little bit of a gummy smile
so if it's the problem with the upper
teeth kind of overlapping the lower
teeth
well then your orthodontist might do
something like position the brackets in
a different position
in order to basically pull those upper
incisors upright and make it so that
your deep bite isn't as deep but more
often than not
the deep bite is caused by the lower
incisors remember that curve of speed we
were talking about
about the lower teeth kind of slanting
up in the front that's usually the cause
of a deep bite i keep bumping into this
thing it's used for the microphones that
it doesn't reverberate so much so i keep
keeps getting in my way though so if
this curve of speed is causing the deep
bite your orthodontist can do a few
things
one thing that they can use is actually
putting bite turbos on the tongue
side of your upper teeth if you guys
don't know what bite turbos are we
talked about
in a previous video which i'll link out
in this corner what it does is it
prevents the upper and lower back teeth
from hitting one another all you will do
is hit on the front teeth or
wherever those turbos are what this will
do is it'll serve like a bite plate
and a bite plate and these turbos kind
of act in the same way what
a bite plate does whether it's cemented
in or removable
is that it prevents the back teeth from
touching this does two things
one is that it puts a force on your
lower incisors to intrude so that they
basically
level out this curve of speed and what
it also does is it allows the back teeth
to erupt
more as the back teeth kind of erupt
more and the lower teeth
intrude down what you'll end up getting
is leveling of this curve of speed so
that when your orthodontist removes that
bite plate or those bite turbos
you have a normal overbite and the last
thing i'm going to talk about in today's
video about how your orthodontist might
correct
that deep bite is by using a wire called
a reverse curve of speed wire
or an r cross wire or a bunch of
different things rcos
these are all different names for why
that is the same thing this wire is
really really curved and what it
actually looks like is
you know how curve of speed kind of
slants up like this well the reverse
curve of speed wire actually slants down
like that and the purpose of this wire
is that it will
intrude the lower front teeth and
extrude or push up the teeth in the back
so
this in an effect will basically level
out that curve of speed and make your
overbite
less severe and less deep and a little
bit of a sidebar with these bite plates
that are cemented in it's
very important to keep up good hygiene
because a lot of food and plaque can
build up under it
so i encourage everyone that has an
anterior bite plate and literally
everyone that is in braces should have a
water pick i tell every patient of mine
that gets braces that they have to
invest in a water pick it is
absolutely critical in maintaining
hygiene and i actually still use my
water pick today
i have the sonic fusion which is
actually an electric toothbrush and a
water pick with it built in
i'm going to link in the description of
today's video two of my favorite water
pick products
like i said i have the sonic fusion
which has a little electric toothbrush
built into it
but there's also one if you just want a
tabletop one without any of those extra
bells and whistles
i'm also going to put that in the
description so you can check them out
and see which one works best for your
needs but
yeah if you have braces especially if
you have anything that's cemented in
you have to get a water pick if you
haven't gotten it already and that's
pretty much all i have for you guys on
today's episode of race explain i wanted
to kind of talk about
overbites because you know we've been
talking about how overbites are
improperly called overjets and things
like that in previous videos and i was
like you know what i've never even
talked about overbites really in this
channel so
i want to set aside today a little bit
of time to talk about that in
some ways that your orthodontist might
treat it remember a little bit of an
overbite is a good thing and a little
bit of an overjet is also a good thing
but if you have excessive overbite or
excessive overjet
or open bite or reverse overjet these
are all
not ideal so please remember your
orthodontist knows what's best for you
and if you have any questions you should
ask him or her if you guys enjoyed
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