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MeSH Heading: Overbite
Tree Number(s): C07.793.494.630.500
Unique ID: D057887
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D057887
Scope Note: A malocclusion in which maxillary incisor and canine teeth project over the mandibular teeth excessively. The overlap is measured perpendicular to the occlusal plane and is also called vertical overlap. When the overlap is measured parallel to the occlusal plane it is referred to as overjet.
Entry Term(s): Deep Bite; Deep-Bite; Incisor Protrusion; Over Bite; Overjet, Dental
Previous Indexing: Malocclusion (1963-2010); Malocclusion, Angle Class II (1979-2010)
Public MeSH Note: 2011
History Note: 2011
Date Established: 2011/01/01
Date of Entry: 2010/06/25
Revision Date: 2017/02/24

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0539613
Scope Note: A malocclusion in which maxillary incisor and canine teeth project over the mandibular teeth excessively. The overlap is measured perpendicular to the occlusal plane and is also called vertical overlap. When the overlap is measured parallel to the occlusal plane it is referred to as overjet.
Terms: Overbite Preferred Term
Term UI T758699
Date09/29/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Deep-Bite
Term UI T760762
Date11/12/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Deep Bite
Term UI T758744
Date09/30/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2011); Over Bite
Term UI T000916307
Date02/24/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018)

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