{"id":2367,"date":"2026-02-22T12:49:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T12:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mockup.smeouro.gr\/?page_id=2367"},"modified":"2026-02-22T13:16:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:16:46","slug":"xasmodontia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/angelakisd.gr\/en\/orthodontika-provlimata\/xasmodontia\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Bite"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fws_6a442781d4e4a\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\" data-bottom-percent=\"5%\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row full-width-content vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-top  nectar-overflow-hidden\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: calc(100vw * 0.05); \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_6a442781d4fbb\"  data-column-margin=\"custom\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row full-width-section  column-margin-4pct top_padding_phone_10px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-4 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col nectar-sticky-column-css has-animation no-extra-padding el_spacing_30px inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"n-sticky\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"nectar-responsive-text font_size_max_54px font_size_desktop_3vw font_size_tablet_5vw font_size_phone_34px font_line_height_1-1 nectar-link-underline-effect\"><h2><b>What is anterior open bite?<\/b><\/h2>\n<\/div><div id=\"fws_6a442781d5150\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding el_spacing_10px inherit_tablet inherit_phone flex_gap_desktop_10px\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"nectar-responsive-text nectar-link-underline-effect\"><p>Anterior open bite is a malocclusion in which the upper and lower front teeth do not touch when the mouth is closed. 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