Where Does Prognathism Occur?
Prognathism Happens When Your Lower Jaw, Upper Jaw, or Both Halves of Your Jaw Protrude Beyond the Normal Range. It Can Be Caused by a Genetic or Inherited...
Prognathism happens when your lower jaw, upper jaw, or both halves of your jaw protrude beyond the normal range. It can be caused by a genetic or inherited condition or an underlying medical condition. It can also develop for unknown reasons.
Where is the prognathism located?
Prognathism is a positional relationship of the mandible or maxilla to the skeletal base where either of the jaws protrudes beyond a predetermined imaginary line in the coronal plane of the skull.
How do you know if you have prognathism?
- Protrusion of either the upper or lower jaw (or both)
- An underbite or an overbite (depending on the type of prognathism)
- Difficulty talking.
- Difficulty eating and chewing.
- Breathing complications.
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