Lack of occlusion of the front teeth when the jaw is closed normally.
〔牙科〕开（牙合）
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They were also four times as likely to have open bite.
Another common form of malocclusion, called an open bite, happens when the front teeth don't come completely together when a child bites down.
Crowding, deep bite, open bite, cross-bite, thumb sucking, missing teeth, and so on are some other agents that lead to facial irregularities.
In particular, he reported that abnormal children with stress-related emotional disturbances had a higher number of instances of overbite and open bite than did normal children.
The child had a severe anterior open bite as a result of tongue thrust, with accompanying malocclusion.