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# premolar

noun (a premolar, premolars); adjective (premolar)

«premolar» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. One of the teeth between the pointed canine teeth and the big flat molars at the back of the mouth; premolars have two points and help crush food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premolar/#m1)
2. (adjective) To do with these teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premolar/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons about teeth we learn incisors cut, canines tear, premolars and molars crush and grind. Adults have eight premolars; children's milk teeth have no premolars. Phrases: «upper premolar», «lower premolar», «premolars and molars».

### Examples

- Premolars sit between your canines and your molars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premolar/#x1)
- An adult has eight premolars, two on each side of each jaw. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premolar/#x2)
- The dentist said my premolar needs a filling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premolar/#x3)
- Premolars help to crush food before you swallow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premolar/#x4)
- Children's milk teeth include molars but no premolars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premolar/#x5)
- Sometimes premolars are taken out to make room before braces. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premolar/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a premolar, premolars. In the USA they are also called «bicuspids» (two points). Count for maths: 8 premolars in a full set of 32 adult teeth (8 incisors, 4 canines, 8 premolars, 12 molars). Myth: children's back milk teeth are molars, not premolars.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «premolar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/premolar/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«premolar» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/premolar.html) on Mova free.