molars

1. The teeth with broad surfaces at the back of the mouth that serve to grind food. Including the wisdom teeth , adults have twelve molars — six on the top and six on the bottom. ( Compare incisors and canines .)

Example Sentences

Simply put, with this model, periodontal disease is artificially induced by ligating silk threads onto the molars of mice models, which induces plaque accumulation.

From Science Daily

The report also cites violations of academic integrity, including the alleged 2009 theft of the molars.

From Science Magazine

Wisdom teeth, or a person's third and final set of back molars, are the last teeth to grow in one's mouth.

From Salon

They concluded they had a new species, Kenyanthropus platyops, with a flatter face and smaller molars than Lucy’s species—traits suggesting it was intermediate between Lucy and Homo.

From Science Magazine

The lines curl into dense molars and concise arabesques, like visual mantras, repeated to form airy mandalas.

From New York Times