molar

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My dentist said a molar needed to be yanked because of a cellular breakdown called resorption, and a periodontist in his office recommended a bone graft and probably an implant.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2026

So far the team has reported only a single, strange-looking molar found with the tools, although other teeth and fossils may be published soon and could clarify the toolmaker’s identity.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 3, 2024

In order to discover the DNA, Dr Mazanec had to take a molar from the jaw, remove the root and carefully return the tooth.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2023

But bats with short jaws, including most fruit-eating bats, tended to ditch the middle premolar or the back molar, if not both.

From Science Daily • Oct. 26, 2023

Locals gleefully took them away—one bowling-ball-size mammoth molar ended up as a doorstop.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann