Abstract

DEEP BITE MANAGEMENT

Dr. Amit Kumar Khajuria*, Dr. Amrit Anand and Dr. Pranav Gupta

ABSTRACT

The excessive overbite is a complex orthodontic problem that may involve a particular group of teeth or the whole dentition, or the maxilla and mandible. The correction of deep bite is one of the primary objectives of orthodontic treatment and one of the most difficult to treat successfully. Innumerable methods have been developed to treat deep bite but no single approach is best. Each approach has its own advantages and disadvantages and optimal correction of deep overbite requires accurate diagnosis, individualized treatment planning and efficient execution of treatment mechanics. This clinical review article is an attempt to enlist various modalities of deep bite correction presently available to the clinician and also gives a brief inside into the diagnostic and selection criteria to be applied for successful and stable deep bite correction.

Keywords: Absolute intrusion, Relative intrusion, Skeletal deep bite, Dental deep bite, Vertical malocclusion.