Jerb322@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIf it's the lower jaw doing the biting, are we using underbite and overbite, backwards?message-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down12
arrow-up121arrow-down1message-squareIf it's the lower jaw doing the biting, are we using underbite and overbite, backwards?Jerb322@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squarefoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoNo. It’s still your lower jaw. It’s under your upper jaw. The over bite refers to the upper jaw. Because your upper jaw is over your lower jaw. The under bite refers to the lower jaw. Because your lower jaw is under your upper jaw.
minus-squareozymandias117@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWait, you lost me. Which is on which horizontal plane?
No. It’s still your lower jaw. It’s under your upper jaw.
The over bite refers to the upper jaw. Because your upper jaw is over your lower jaw.
The under bite refers to the lower jaw. Because your lower jaw is under your upper jaw.
Wait, you lost me. Which is on which horizontal plane?
The mouth