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
Hodgson's dental formula shows one premolar less, viz. teeth: 6/6, 1—1/1—1, 6—6/6—6.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale
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
For example, bats with long jaws -- like nectar-feeders -- or intermediate jaws, like many insect-eaters, tended to have the usual complement of three premolars and three molars on each side of the jaw.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2023
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
Looking at the teeth, for example, the premolars of H. luzonensis are large and one of them has an extra tooth root—primitive features.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 11, 2019
The hind teeth, consisting of premolars and molars, are used for grinding.
From The Meaning of Evolution by Samuel Christian Schmucker
