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- noun Plural form of
molar .
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Examples
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One of her “normal” removed baby molars is on the right for comparison.
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Before my pregnancy with Scooter, I'd had a couple surface cavities (due to some ridges in molars) and a little cosmetic dentistry (most of which I regret), but no major cavities.
Make Mine a Double 2008
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That for the canine tooth is the deepest; those for the molars are the widest, and are subdivided into minor cavities by septa; those for the incisors are single, but deep and narrow.
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The word "molar" is often used to include the five cheek-teeth on each side of each jaw, but more strictly the anterior bicuspid teeth are called "pre-molars," and the three larger teeth behind them, which have no predecessors or representatives in the first or milk dentition, are called true molars or simply "molars" -- a rule we have followed here.
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They are called molars, however, because they are situated in that part of the mouth which is always assigned to molars; but they are miserable grindstones, very unlike any of which we have hitherto treated.
The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals Jean Mac�� 1854
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The last teeth, which are placed at the back of the jaw, are called molars, from the Latin word _mola_, which means a millstone.
The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals Jean Mac�� 1854
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Therefore, when those reserve molars, aka "wisdom teeth," came in they were welcomed.
FOXNews.com 2011
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He could see the ridges on the roof of her mouth and the bone-white buds where her molars were beginning to come in.
So Much Pretty Cara Hoffman 2011
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Charlie caught the bar and popped it into his mouth, hitting his back molars with a thock.
Three Stages of Amazement Carol Edgarian 2011
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Jan seemed reasonable, not the panicked, violent creature he'd imagined smashing down the doors and ripping him to cutlets with her gold-capped molars.
Be Here William Doreski 2011
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