Table 2 Characteristics of Type 3 bites (adapted from Webster 1982)

• The teeth bite right through or almost through the bitten material.

• The bitten piece is removed by fracturing it from the main material.

• The bite shows a record of the outline of the labial aspect of the upper and lower incisor teeth.

• The tooth scrape marks penetrating the bitten material.

• Both labial outline marks and tooth scrape marks tend to record those elements of the teeth which are most prominent anteriorly.

• The widths of the tooth scrape marks are the horizontal width between the most mesial and most distal parts of the tooth crown recorded.

• The body of the bite exhibits extensive scrape marks and may give an indication of the relative positions of the upper and lower incisor teeth.