title: A longitudinal study of anterior vertical overbite from eight to twenty years of age.
abstract: A statistical evaluation of overbite behavior during growth, finding a mean tendency for increasing overbite from age 8 to 11, then leveling off and gradually decreasing to adulthood, with little net change. Individual behavior varies widely.
authors.forename: E O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Bergersen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D008445:Maxillofacial Development; D011336:Probability; D012008:Recurrence; D014716:Vertical Dimension