Can you detect mandibular recession just by looking at how the upper and lower teeth line up?

[Creosz]

I’ve been trying to figure out whether you can spot mandibular recession just by looking at how the upper and lower teeth line up. When the upper incisors (upper teeth) sit far ahead of the lower ones, you get an overjet, but that can come from several things, like a forward maxilla, a recessed mandible, or even tooth angles that creates a fake skeletal look. People with a normal mandible usually have a mild, natural overlap, while people with real mandibular recession tend to show lower incisors that sit consistently behind the uppers in every relaxed position, which makes the gap more stable across expressions. From what I understand, the teeth alone can’t verify recession without a side profile or cephalometric imaging, so I want to know if anyone here has seen cases where bite alignment alone was enough to call it.

 

[enixtiy]

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