Anatomical Abnormality
dental overjet
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Definitions related to overjet, dental:
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(overjet) An abnormal anteroposterior extension of the maxillary teeth beyond the plane of the mandibular teeth upon jaw closure.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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A malocclusion of the teeth in which maxillary incisor and canine teeth project over the mandiblar teeth. The overlap is measured parallel to the occlusal plane and therefore is called horizontal overlap.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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