apertognathia /ap·er·tog·na·thia/ (ah-per″tog-na´the-ah) open bite.
apertognathia (
pur´tōnath´ē),
a·per·tog·na·thi·a ( -pûr t g-n  th -, -t -n th-)n. A type of malocclusion characterized by the premature occlusion of posterior teeth and the absence of anterior occlusion. Also called open bite. |
apertognathia (
pur´tōnath´ē),n an occlusion characterized by a vertical separation between the maxillary and mandibular anterior teeth. Commonly called an
open bite.
open bite.
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Apertognathia.
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