Looks like I need to have a sticky about wisdom teeth and braces. This is from a few posts up....
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First is the wisdom teeth. You might need them out, but not for orthodontic reasons. Dentists were taught that wisdom teeth cause crowding, and it sounds like it should be true, but its false. They did some high tech tests in the 90’s to show this, but the easiest way to see it is that a lot of people are born without wisdom teeth and they have the same problem with crowding as the rest of the population.
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I hate taking out bicuspids for orthodontic problems. I haven't ordered one extracted in the last 2 years. Its now how I work. That doesn't mean there arn't cases that need it, but you might not.
Saddly I can't really say much without some pictures like I mentioned in my first post. There is overjet and OVERJET and I'd need to see it. ( Overjet is what I think you mean by overbite, at least I hope so. Overjet is where the top teeth are in front of the bottom teeth and they don't touch, while overbite is how deep your bite is. You can have both at the same time but they are very different in correction).