chewing. The name molar derives from Latin, molaris dens, meaning "millstone tooth", from mola, millstone and dens, tooth. Molars show a great deal of...

The third molar, commonly called wisdom tooth, is the most posterior of the three molars in each quadrant of the human dentition. The age at which wisdom...

Molar may refer to: Molar (tooth), a kind of tooth found in mammals Molar (grape), another name for the Spanish wine grape Listan Negro Molar (unit),...

Molar tooth structures are ribbon-like veins and nodules of calcite that are found widespread in Precambrian carbonate sedimentary rocks between approximately...

alveolar arch is smaller than the tooth arch (the combined mesiodistal width of each tooth). The wisdom teeth (third molars) are frequently impacted because...

Molar Tooth is a 7,547-foot-elevation (2,300-meter) granite summit located on the shared border of Okanogan County and Skagit County, in Washington state...

often occurring at the age of wisdom tooth eruption (15-26). Other common causes of similar pain from the third molar region are food impaction causing periodontal...

of a single tooth is more likely to occur in a maxillary lateral incisor. The second most likely tooth to have microdontia are third molars. Macrodontia...

premolars and molars, there are first and second premolars, and first, second, and third molars. The side of the mouth in which a tooth is found may also...

third molars (wisdom teeth) are prevented from erupting into the mouth. This can be caused by a physical barrier, such as other teeth, or when the tooth is...

– 32 are used for permanent teeth. The tooth designated "1" is the maxillary right third molar ("wisdom tooth") and the count continues along the upper...

tooth. Here, the size of the mulberry molar is diminished in all aspects, creating a stumpy version of a conventional molar. The cause of the molar atrophy...

Joubert is a French surname. It is a regional variant form of Jaubert, originating in the centre west and centre south of France. This surname is common...

tooth buds of permanent teeth develop below the primary teeth, close to the palate or tongue. Mixed dentition starts when the first permanent molar appears...

is located lingual to the tooth. Such a phenomenon is named radix paramolaris in case an extra root is buccal to a molar tooth. An extra root can appear...

The mandibular first molar or six-year molar is the tooth located distally (away from the midline of the face) from both the mandibular second premolars...

The maxillary first molar is the human tooth located laterally (away from the midline of the face) from both the maxillary second premolars of the mouth...

of a tooth). Despite the reduction in worldwide prevalence of dental caries, it is still the most common reason for extraction of (non-third molar) teeth...

permanent tooth appears in the mouth, usually at five or six years with the first permanent molar, and lasts until the last primary tooth is lost, usually...

MIH only becomes visible once the permanent molars start to erupt and that is when opacities on the tooth can be observed if it is affected. It is important...

per tooth. If required, orthodontic spacers may be inserted between the molars to make room for molar bands to be placed at a later date. Molar bands...

treatments used to restore the function, integrity, and morphology of missing tooth structure resulting from caries or external trauma as well as to the replacement...

Incisor Molar Premolar This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 1116 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918) "eye-tooth". Oxford...

Cracked tooth syndrome (CTS) is where a tooth has incompletely cracked but no part of the tooth has yet broken off. Sometimes it is described as a greenstick...

The maxillary second molar is the tooth located distally (away from the midline of the face) from both the maxillary first molars of the mouth but mesial...

structures within a dissected molar. While not worms or caused by worms, these structures may have given rise to the tooth worm belief. It is unclear what...

partial molar tooth, was discovered on Cabarruyan Island in the Philippines but has since been lost. The type specimen of the species is a partial molar tooth...

different terms have been proposed for features of the tooth crown in mammals. The structures within the molars receive different names according to their position...

gland, into the mouth. It opens into the mouth opposite the second upper molar tooth. The parotid duct is formed when several interlobular ducts, the largest...

the second and third maxillary/upper molar teeth, and two of the three roots of the maxillary/upper first molar tooth (all but the mesiobuccal root).[citation...