Overbite, Underbite, Open Bite. How to fix them?!

Let's talk about overbites, underbites, overjets and open bites. I'll go into how we correct those different types of bites with rubber bands and braces.

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[maggiegoblirsch]

This helps me so much because I lost my paper on the first week for my overbite so this helps me remember how to wear my bands than you so much!!!

[lifewithriah]

i have a underbite and OMG i’m so insecure about it 💔💔💔 i have braces now tho

[izz]

So I have an overjet, but my orthodontist is making me wear my bands from my back top teeth to my front lower teeth, which doesn’t make sense to me. Surely that would make the overjet worse?

[paulawilson]

Do rubber bands always fix small over bites?

[nyatio]

Im dying to know. How does bite stay after orthtodontist said we can stop wearing the elastic. We all know that not compliant wearing your elastic at all time will not make ur bite into correct position, but i always wonder what if after the bite has corrected and we no longer asked to wear the elastic, how will the bite stay like that.

[saramanzoni]

Are the back upper teeth supposed to touch the back bottom teeth?

[harunagwayana]

Hey Dr.Nate thanks alot, I have learnt alot🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝

[gggg-ujbn]

I have overbite, i want to get braces but their just too expensive

[huntermorales]

Question- can you major in businesses as an undergraduate and then go to dental school after or do you have to major in chemistry or biology and why?

[habooshm.]

Can you please make a video on powerscope! I would like to see the correct technique on how to put that in

[chris-nbbr]

does it matter which order you apply the elastics for a over-jet or overbite ? top to bottom or bottom to top?

[djkenny]

I’m slowly every yr getting teeth worn down from reflux and grinding built up with Crowns. My dentist says it’s too complicated, I’ll need surgery. My bottom teeth are out in front off my top. I had braces as a kid that were supposed to put my front teeth over my bottoms to keep them from coming forward. It didn’t seem to do that. He says I’ll likely need jaw surgery? I really want to correct this underbite. I’m 50 now, but get issues with my nose, with sleep apnea. I think this is a major reason. I get TMJ. I wonder if thus is more seeing my Doctor to see about surgery?

[sarahsebastian]

My name is Sarah Sebastian I have my braces for above 8 months . The orthodontist just removed my bite blocks at my last visit. But my overbite or overjet is still over. The told going to need rubber bands in my treatment plan. My question do they hurt and how long into your treatment do start wearing them.

[pinksandvibes]

I have overjet i have got my rubber band but now i feel I can’t close my lips .
Also my lip philtrum looks more roundy because my teeth located under there and copy it shape

[lionssinofpride]

Doc, you forgot what I currenly have the crossbite

[leyla-]

Hi Dr. Nate, thanks for the great videos! I have an overjet of 7 mm and went to 3 orthodontists and all of them say I need to get braces for a couple of years and surgery. I had braces when I was a teen but don't know if I had an overjet then and why they didn't fix it at that point. Why do some patients with an overjet don't need surgery? The surgery really scares me :( the orthodontists say its either braces and surgery or nothing

[KiraiBK]

I don’t know where I fit in these. I was told at my orthodontic evaluation that I had a deep bite. I started braces in February 2021 and my upper teeth shifted nicely. My bite is no longer deep. I was recently placed in elastics that go from my upper canines to back molars, down to the bottom canines and first premolars. “Trapezoid” as I was told. What does this shape target? I forgot to ask at my appointment.

[yoloaf]

Hello Dr can we correct the class 2 overbite over the age 18?

[Anfani]

Can we get a video on invisaligns and rubber bands?

Maybe one for people with uneven number of bottom teeth and correcting the bite? (Me)

[gary]

I have braces with an edge to edge/slight underbite bite right now. My western dental ortho put elastics on in the class 3 underbite configuration, however its been 4 weeks and I see ZERO change after wearing my elastics religiously every day. when should I expect to see any change?