{"id":5983,"date":"2020-02-14T05:49:30","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T05:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=5983"},"modified":"2023-06-18T11:03:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T11:03:25","slug":"open-bite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/open-bite\/","title":{"rendered":"Open bite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lack of contact between opposing teeth in centric occlusion.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A bite in which a space exists between the upper and lower incisors when the mouth is closed.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In dentistry and orthodontics, a bite in which there is a space between the upper and lower teeth when the mouth is closed.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A dental misalignment known as malocclusion occurs when certain teeth fail to properly meet their counterparts in the opposing dental arch.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lack of contact between opposing teeth in centric occlusion. A bite in which a space exists between the upper and lower incisors when the mouth is closed. In dentistry and orthodontics, a bite in which there is a space between the upper and lower teeth when the mouth is closed. A dental misalignment known as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-o"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Open bite - Definition of Open bite<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lack of contact between opposing teeth in centric occlusion.A bite in which a space exists between the upper and lower incisors when the mouth is closed.In dentistry and orthodontics, a bite in which there is a space between the upper and lower teeth when the mouth is closed.A dental misalignment known as malocclusion occurs when certain teeth fail to properly meet their counterparts in the opposing dental arch.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/open-bite\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Open bite - Definition of Open bite\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lack of contact between opposing teeth in centric occlusion.A bite in which a space exists between the upper and lower incisors when the mouth is closed.In dentistry and orthodontics, a bite in which there is a space between the upper and lower teeth when the mouth is closed.A dental misalignment known as malocclusion occurs when certain teeth fail to properly meet their counterparts in the opposing dental arch.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/open-bite\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-14T05:49:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-18T11:03:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/open-bite\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/open-bite\/\",\"name\":\"Open bite - Definition of Open bite\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-14T05:49:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-18T11:03:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\"},\"description\":\"Lack of contact between opposing teeth in centric occlusion.A bite in which a space exists between the upper and lower incisors when the mouth is closed.In dentistry and orthodontics, a bite in which there is a space between the upper and lower teeth when the mouth is closed.A dental misalignment known as malocclusion occurs when certain teeth fail to properly meet their counterparts in the opposing dental arch.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/open-bite\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/open-bite\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/open-bite\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Open bite\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"description\":\"Difinitions\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Open bite - Definition of Open bite","description":"Lack of contact between opposing teeth in centric occlusion.A bite in which a space exists between the upper and lower incisors when the mouth is closed.In dentistry and orthodontics, a bite in which there is a space between the upper and lower teeth when the mouth is closed.A dental misalignment known as malocclusion occurs when certain teeth fail to properly meet their counterparts in the opposing dental arch.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/open-bite\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Open bite - Definition of Open bite","og_description":"Lack of contact between opposing teeth in centric occlusion.A bite in which a space exists between the upper and lower incisors when the mouth is closed.In dentistry and orthodontics, a bite in which there is a space between the upper and lower teeth when the mouth is closed.A dental misalignment known as malocclusion occurs when certain teeth fail to properly meet their counterparts in the opposing dental arch.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/open-bite\/","og_site_name":"Glossary","article_published_time":"2020-02-14T05:49:30+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-06-18T11:03:25+00:00","author":"Glossary","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Glossary","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/open-bite\/","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/open-bite\/","name":"Open bite - Definition of Open bite","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-02-14T05:49:30+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-18T11:03:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5"},"description":"Lack of contact between opposing teeth in centric occlusion.A bite in which a space exists between the upper and lower incisors when the mouth is closed.In dentistry and orthodontics, a bite in which there is a space between the upper and lower teeth when the mouth is closed.A dental misalignment known as malocclusion occurs when certain teeth fail to properly meet their counterparts in the opposing dental arch.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/open-bite\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/open-bite\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/open-bite\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Open bite"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/","name":"Glossary","description":"Difinitions","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5","name":"Glossary","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5983"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230054,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5983\/revisions\/230054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}