If it's the lower jaw doing the biting, are we using underbite and overbite, backwards?

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• foggy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  No. It’s still your lower jaw. It’s under your upper jaw.

  The over bite refers to the upper jaw. Because your upper jaw is over your lower jaw.

  The under bite refers to the lower jaw. Because your lower jaw is under your upper jaw.

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  • ozymandias117@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Wait, you lost me. Which is on which horizontal plane?

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    • sniggleboots@europe.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I hope they’re all horizontal mate, flights are uncomfortable enough as it is

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    • foggy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The mouth

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• FishFace@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Your jaw muscles force your jaws together. It’s both jaws doing the biting.

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• Corngood@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  ‘bite down’ is also a lie

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• kambusha@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  We’re gonna need a bigger bite.

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• DrDystopia@lemy.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Cats cannot move their jaws sideways I’ve heard. I’d rather be a cat than have sidebite.

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