# Are overbites sexy to you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 6, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-overbites-sexy-to-you/193350 "2003-08-06T15:52:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-overbites-sexy-to-you/193350/21 "2003-08-07T15:57:38Z")
I once stumbled across a fansite for a famous actor that, along with the usual expected collection of photos, interviews, and links, has a page devoted to photos of his teeth. Or rather, photos cropped to show just the teeth. The webmistress pointed out that he had a slight overbite, and she apparently thought it was sexy. I would be unwilling to argue, although I will say that I was seriously weirded out to find a page full of pictures of someone’s teeth. It was like something out of Poe. ---
**Author:** ![killaapp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cdc98d/32.png) [@killaapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/killaapp)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-overbites-sexy-to-you/193350/22 "2003-08-23T18:41:50Z")
Sure, can-openers help me eat. Food/sex/drugs/booze/sluts all go together. If she can open a Heini, some tuna fish, feed my dog, and polish my nob she works. ;-b ---
**Author:** ![Laurasia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@Laurasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laurasia)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-overbites-sexy-to-you/193350/23 "2003-08-23T20:28:29Z")
I admit it, I have an overbite…a big one too, but my teeth are straight, so I don’t think it is that bad looking. I just have a bit of a bunny rabbit smile (which people tell me suits me anyway). Plus, overbites give you big pouty lips… I was thinking about getting a horrible horrible surgury to get it fixed (mainly for the TMJ problems I have in the joint, not so much for cosmetic reasons), but it just seems to painful. I don’t mind overbites in other people, but I’m not especially attracted to teeth either way. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-overbites-sexy-to-you/193350/24 "2003-08-23T20:28:46Z")
Considering the kind of sex I like most, an overbite can be dangerous. Now dentures, on the other hand . . . ---
**Author:** ![j.c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@j.c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j.c)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-overbites-sexy-to-you/193350/25 "2003-08-23T22:14:03Z")
I don’t think Jeff Goldblum & Geena Davis have overbites. I swear to you, when Goldblum smiles or eats, his upper and lower toofuses meet. All [William Castle](http://www.imdb.com/Name?Castle,%20William) horror heroines have an overbite. He either thought they were sexy or thought his target audience did. An overbite will make the upper lip pouch out and put the cheeks and jaw in a slightly off position, so perhaps the resulting expression is what appeals to those who go for this sort of thing. My vote goes for the crooked canine. Just one little off-kilter wolf tooth. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-overbites-sexy-to-you/193350/26 "2003-08-24T14:07:13Z")
[http://www.geocities.com/oliviadabo/pictures3.html](http://www.geocities.com/oliviadabo/pictures3.html) [http://www.geocities.com/oliviadabo2/pictures/018.jpg](http://www.geocities.com/oliviadabo2/pictures/018.jpg) [http://www.geocities.com/oliviadabo/pictures3.html](http://www.geocities.com/oliviadabo/pictures3.html) (Typical Geocities pop ups warning) Actress Olivia D’Abo. The stills don’t show it to well, but watch the _Law & Order - Criminal Intent_ shows she guest starred in. Watching her talk and smile it’s very obvious. And so sexy I could crap my pants. I would post some better pics, including close ups, but the court order prevents me from doing so. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-overbites-sexy-to-you/193350/27 "2003-08-24T14:17:01Z")
I don’t find overbites particularly sexy, but if I had one, I’d look a lot more like Søren Kierkegaard and thus, get all the philosophy majors. Chicks pondering existential dillemas are sexy beyond any reasonable ability to control myself. ---
**Author:** ![apricot\_syrup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@apricot\_syrup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apricot_syrup)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-overbites-sexy-to-you/193350/28 "2003-08-24T21:12:04Z")
Overbites are cute but not sexy. ---
**Author:** ![apricot\_syrup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@apricot\_syrup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apricot_syrup)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-overbites-sexy-to-you/193350/29 "2003-08-24T21:18:01Z")
It is a bit like dating Bugs Bunney. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-overbites-sexy-to-you/193350/30 "2003-08-24T21:43:52Z")
Bugs Bunny, in a dress, is SEXY!!! ---
**Author:** ![RobertP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@RobertP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobertP)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-overbites-sexy-to-you/193350/31 "2003-08-25T11:22:19Z")
How many of you GenX’ers fell in love with Rebecca Demornay in Risky Business? An incredibly sexy overbite is what made her so hot (and her full monty didn’t hurt either!) ---
**Author:** ![prisoner6655321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f8ce5/32.png) [@prisoner6655321](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prisoner6655321)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-overbites-sexy-to-you/193350/32 "2003-08-25T17:47:58Z")
Overbites are extremely sexy. And though true underbites are indeed rare, a very large portion of people, especially pouty Women, jut their bottom lip out, which gives the impression of an underbite. It’s especially prominent when some Women get angry. I was actually going to post a poll similar to this one about if any one finds this pout sexy. Maybe in a while I will. Someone who has one of the most sexy smiles is Nicole Kidman. I don’t think she has an overbite, nor an underbite. But her teeth are just perfect. Sorry I couldn’t find any pics showing her perfect teeth but you can see in any of her movies. ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2003, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-overbites-sexy-to-you/193350/33 "2003-08-26T07:19:49Z")
How can anyone think Olivia D’Abo is sexy? She’s a scary woman. No overbites for me, thank you. I like horses, but not to kiss. ---
**Author:** ![prisoner6655321](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f8ce5/32.png) [@prisoner6655321](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prisoner6655321)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-overbites-sexy-to-you/193350/34 "2003-08-27T05:47:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gum \* > **How can anyone think Olivia D’Abo is sexy? She’s a scary woman.** Yeah, her overbite is a bit over the top. Plus the STILL has that underbite looking bottom lip thing going. Not scary really to me. She’s still attractive, but there are better examples of sexy overbites. The only one I can think of is [Shiri Appleby](http://www.imdb.com/EGallery?source=granitz&group=1699&photo=Events/1699/ShiriApple_Grani_647642_400.jpg&path=pgallery&path_key=Appleby,%20Shiri) because I remember an actual scene in [Roswell](http://www.imdb.com/Title?0201391) where an orthodontist commented on her nice overbite. Then there’s [Nicole Kidman](http://www.cinema-stars.com/kidman/imageHtms/33.htm). I still can’t tell if she has an overbite though. Wait. [She seems to here.](http://www.nicole-kidman-pictures.com/nicole040.jpg)[But here she doesn’t.](http://www.nicole-kidman-pictures.com/nicole067.jpg) I think she had some work done. Hope my ortho work looks this good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-overbites-sexy-to-you/193350.md?page=1)