Skeletal system
Upper second molar tooth
Dens molaris secundus superioris
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Head
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Posterior teeth
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The molars or molar teeth are large, flat teeth at the back of the mouth.
They are more developed in mammals.
They are used primarily to grind food during chewing.
The name molar derives from Latin, molaris dens, meaning "millstone tooth", from mola, millstone and dens, tooth.
Molars show a great deal of diversity in size and shape across mammal groups.
The third molar of humans is sometimes vestigial.
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Names
- Latin
- Dens molaris secundus superioris
- English
- Upper second molar tooth
- French
- Deuxième molaire supérieure
- Spanish
- Diente segundo molar superior
- Portuguese
- Segundo molar superior