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
The one molar she had left had no chewing surface, she said, meaning she could only eat soft food.
From BBC • Aug. 18, 2025
Consider the infamous brown rats of New York City, which have evolved longer noses and shorter upper molar tooth rows, the better to enjoy the Big Apple's colder weather and higher-quality food.
From Salon • Jun. 15, 2025
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
Treasury hundred dollar bill, and the dentist is saying, sadly, in French, “I think we can save the molar, but I’m afraid that tongue will have to come out.”
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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