Mouth breathing can produce
an anterior open bite, a longer face, and some suggest that because of poor sleep quality produces a baggy appearance under the eyes.
Studies conducted by Larsson21, 22 concluded that prolonged finger sucking caused
an anterior open bite, proclination and protrusion of the maxillary incisors, a lengthening of the upper arch and the anterior displacement of the maxilla.
Not exact matches
The forms of malocclusion described by these authors included crossbite, reduced arch width, lower
anterior facial height, rotation of mandibular plane angle,
open bite, and tongue thrust swallow.
Over
bite,
open bite, over jet, level
bite, overshot, under
bite,
anterior cross
bite, posterior cross
bite, wry
bite, and base narrow canines are orthodontic terms that are confusing at times.