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molar teeth
the teeth farthest back on either side in each jaw. In the primary or deciduous teeth there are eight of these, two on each side, upper and lower; in the permanent teeth) there are usually 12, three on each side, upper and lower. These are the grinding teeth, having large crowns with broad
chewing surfaces; they usually have four or five cusps; upper molars have three roots and lower molars have two roots. The
third molar teeth (wisdom teeth) are often malformed. Called also molars.
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