https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 08:12:39 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/underbite#post-1949327 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:31:57 +0000 ValentineMommy 1949327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't want to make you NOT feel better, but I think it's too early to be able to tell at 10 months anyway.</p> <p>That being said, I have an underbite. I had braces for 8 YEARS while they tried to correct it, and when braces wasn't enough, they did say I would have to have my jaw broken and wired shut. I declined. I've lived with the underbite and no one has ever made any comments or even noticed it. I have no probs chewing or anything either.</p> <p>The 8 years of braces was worse than the underbite, believe me :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/underbite#post-1949321 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:28:34 +0000 Honeydew 1949321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Avivoca, @Babyboecksmom, @Raindrop, @Mamimami, @Charm54 - Thank you! That make me feel much better.</p> <p>The underbite is cute, I just don't want him to have to undergo corrective surgeries later in life. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/underbite#post-1948376 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 21:35:32 +0000 Charm54 1948376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dd had what we thought was a pretty bad underbite around 10 months... My neighbour is a dentist and he checked it out for us. He said not to worry, that she was pushing it out on her own quite a bit (must have felt good with all the teething going on?) He said to bring her into his office around 2 years to see what's what but that he expected all would be "normal".<br /> She's 15 months now and I don't notice it at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/underbite#post-1948373 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 21:32:56 +0000 mamimami 1948373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son seemed to have an overbite but it seems to have corrected itself. He is close to 4 now and I don't notice anything weird anymore. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/underbite#post-1948095 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 17:10:30 +0000 Raindrop 1948095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO had a very bad overbite actually and we have been going to the dentist since he was a little over one. I asked her about and she says overbites and underbites usually correct themselves by kindergarten. :)</p> <p>He is now 2.5 and it actually is not as bad now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/underbite#post-1948086 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:54:12 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1948086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, most of the time these will correct as he gets older. And if not, he'll just need braces later on. I had an underbite and needed 6 months of braces/rubber bands to put my jaw back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/underbite#post-1948074 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:44:20 +0000 avivoca 1948074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You may not need to do anything now. He's still very young and the facial bones aren't set until much later in childhood. I had an overbite as a child and did not have to have the jaw surgery even though I had a large overbite (10 mm). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/underbite#post-1948071 Mon, 17 Nov 2014 16:40:01 +0000 Honeydew 1948071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DS is 10 mos, and as cute as it is right now, he has an underbite. Is there anything I can do to correct this now (so he doesn't have to go through a jaw break corrective surgery) or is this common and will it go away? Or is the pacifier doing this? </p>