What is the difference between an overbite and an overjet? ?

Question

Please make the answer simple and understandable. I actually have both!

Answer 1

An overbite means you should see more of your bottom teeth when you smile, but your upper teeth come down too far over them. An over-jet means your upper teeth are too far forward compared to your lower teeth. When most people describe the characters of "The Simpsons", they refer to their defining facial feature as an overbite, when the term they mean is actually over-jet. The two terms are frequently confused.

I hope this helps.  

Answer 2

They are the "same". The overbite people have been referring to is actually called open bite.

Overjet is a general term used to describe the distance that the top incisors are in front of the bottom ones. Normal occlusion has overjet-- but a normal amount (few mm)

With a malocclusion and overbite, your overjet is more.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Overbite - how far your upper teeth cover up your lower teeth when you bite down. When you bite down if your top teeth completely cover your bottom front teeth where you can only see the gums, this is a severe overbite.

Overjet - how far out your upper teeth stick straight out leaving a space between your upper teeth and lower teeth when you are biting together. Most people when they bite together have very little or no space between theri lower front teeth and their upper front teeth. Some people have a large gap between their lower teeth in the front and their upper front teeth. This makes them have the tradition Mr. Ed like look or buck teeth.