Article: In some patients, overbites can lead to the erosion of individual teeth through unwanted grinding and strain. If this happens, the dentist may need to install caps, crowns, or other forms of dental hardware. This can happen before or after the primary realignment process. If you grind your teeth while sleeping, ask your dentist about nighttime mouth guards. In many cases, overbites are caused by overcrowding, a condition where your teeth are too close together. To move forward with braces or other alignment treatments, your orthodontist may need to have some of these teeth extracted, opening up room for everything to move around. In most cases, extraction will be handled by a dentist, not your orthodontist. In extreme cases, full oral surgery may be required to fix an overbite. During this process, the cheeks are pulled back and a surgeon makes incisions inside the jaw. This allows them to physically move the jaw, changing your chin shape and aligning your teeth. This is typically only done after less invasive methods, like braces, have failed to work. Expect the surgery to cost between $20,000 and $40,000 and leave you hospitalized for about 2 days. Because the surgery is typically performed inside the mouth, most patients leave with no visible scars.
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Get your teeth repaired. Remove overcrowded teeth. Undergo jaw surgery.