上じょう顎がく前ぜん突とつ症しょう

noun

maxillary prognathism

Medical term for a condition where the upper jaw protrudes forward; often referred to as an overbite in lay terms.

• 上じょう顎がく前ぜん突とつ症しょうの治ち療りょうには矯きょう正せい歯し科かが関かかわることが多おおい。

  Orthodontic treatment is often involved in treating maxillary prognathism.