Assertion: canine's mouth | /r/HasProperty | closed
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text: Often the largest teeth in the mouth, the canines project beyond the level of the other teeth and may interlock when the mouth is closed, restricting the animal to an up-and-down chewing action.
text: When the mouth is closed, the teeth of the lower jaw do not occlude (align normally) with their corresponding teeth in the upper jaw.
text: There is a space between the upper and lower incisors when the mouth is closed and the lower incisors may traumatically contact the roof of the mouth behind the upper incisors.
text: This occurs when the canine and premolar teeth on both sides of the mouth are normally aligned, but one or more of the lower incisors are positioned in front of the upper incisors when the mouth is closed.
text: This occurs when one or more of the lower cheek teeth are more towards the cheek than the opposing upper cheek teeth when the mouth is closed.
text: When the mouth is closed, a gap between the upper and lower incisors occurs.
text: In rostral crossbite cases (similar to anterior crossbite in people), one or more of the mandibular incisor teeth are labial to the opposing maxillary incisor teeth when the mouth is closed.
text: And in caudal crossbite cases (similar to posterior crossbite in people), one or more of the mandibular cheek teeth are buccal to the opposing maxillary cheek teeth when the mouth is closed.
text: Dorsoventral: Results in an open bite, defined as an abnormal vertical space between opposing dental arches when the mouth is closed.
text: There is a gap between the upper and lower incisors when the mouth is closed.