premolar

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

"There are three small upper premolars between the quasi-canine tooth and the large scissor-toothed premolar, which is much developed."

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

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

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

There are eight pairs of teeth, the first four of which are simpler than the rest, and may perhaps therefore be regarded as premolars.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various