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Are You Born With an Overbite?
Posted on 1/23/2023 by Office
Some people can indeed be born with an overbite due to genetics. Thus, not everyone is born with an overbite, but some develop some habits that initiate the overbite. Some other avoidable causes of an overbite are teeth grinding and TMJ disorder. Although it is impossible to avoid your genetics, facial development is a thing that is affected due to a child's growth. If you are worried about your child developing irreversible damage, you had better get the issues caused by myofunctional habits like TMJ disorder and teeth grinding dealt with early enough. Genetic Overbite Dealing with or changing genetics is an impossible mission. If you notice that your children are born with an overbite, then your hands are tight when they are at an early age. The only solution you can have during the first few months after their birth is to wait until they are seven years and above and get their overbite corrected by an orthodontist. Only an orthodontist can understand the severity of an overbite and later rule out the proper treatment for fixing it. Can A Genetic Overbite Fix Itself? As a parent, every slight difference you notice in your child can be problematic. Hence, an overbite is one of the things that could worry you when you see it in your newborn. However, this should not scare you because some overbites get better as the child grows. The developing mouth and jaw might make your child's mouth seem like it has a large overbite. As such, a dentist will recommend you give it time and see whether it will rectify itself in the next seven years of the baby's life. After that, you can start finding ways to get your child checked out by an orthodontist to prevent future problems.... Read more...
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