premolar
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The fossil includes unusually large canine and premolar teeth, molars with rounded and strongly textured chewing surfaces, and a particularly sturdy jaw.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Until recently, the only reliable way to determine the age of a polar bear has been to extract a premolar and inspect its growth rings.
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
Mr. Biden began experiencing dental pain in his lower right premolar on Sunday, according to a letter from White House physician Kevin O’Connor.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
Biden’s personal physician, Kevin O’Connor, said in a memo released by the White House that Biden reported the pain in his lower right premolar on Sunday.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
The second premolar is bifanged; its crown is composed of a principal cusp, to which is added behind a small though very distinct second cusp.
From On The Affinities of Leptarctus primus of Leidy American Museum of Natural History, Vol. VI, Article VIII, pp. 229-331. by Jacob Lawson Wortman
Nor the “bizarrely specialized” family of carnivorous marsupials, Malleodectidae, which used their massive ball peen-like third premolars to crush snails.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2025
The team used CT scans and other methods to analyze the shapes and sizes of jaws, premolars and molars in more than 100 noctilionoid species.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2023
One such group—the multituberculates—flourished in the Cretaceous underworld, using their saw-blade premolars and gnawing incisors to devour a new type of food: fruits and flowers.
From Scientific American ● May 17, 2022
Toasted just enough to bring out its subtly nutty flavor and, thus, pebbly enough to reduce one of my favorite premolars into a crumble of toothy dust.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2021
Cercoleptes again resembles Leptarctus in having only three premolars in the lower jaw; the middle one, however, has only a single cusp upon the crown, whereas Leptarctus has two.
From On The Affinities of Leptarctus primus of Leidy American Museum of Natural History, Vol. VI, Article VIII, pp. 229-331. by Jacob Lawson Wortman
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