0 a condition in which the lower teeth go over the upper teeth when a person bites the teeth together; the fact of the lower jaw sticking out
The equivalent conditions in humans are termed retrognathism or prognathism depending on whether the lower jaw is too far back or too far forward respectively.
A flat or concave face may develop as a result of deficient growth in the mid-facial bones, leading to a conditir prognathism.
The diagnosis of prognathism in the adolescent is hence speculative - artificial and possibly intentionally created.
This malocclusion is characterized by mandibular prognathism, maxillary deficiency or both.
Patients may present with dental caries, mandibular prognathism, spinal alignment, and disproportionate limb lengthening.
Some people have traditionally linked some differences in that personal appearance such as skeletal shape with ethnicity, such as prognathism or elongated stride.
Gorilla facial structure is described as mandibular prognathism, that is, the mandible protrudes farther out than the maxilla.
Possibly through affliction with mandibular prognathism, he was unable to chew.
