bicuspid tooth


pre·mo·lar tooth

[TA] a tooth usually having two tubercles or cusps on the grinding surface and a flattened root, single in the lower jaw and upper second premolar, and furrowed in the upper first premolar. There are four premolars in each jaw, two on either side between the canine and the molars; there are no premolars in the deciduous dentition. Synonym(s): dens premolaris [TA], bicuspid tooth, dens bicuspidus

pre·mo·lar tooth

(prē-mō'lăr tūth) [TA] A tooth usually having two tubercles or cusps on the grinding surface and a flattened root, single in the lower jaw and upper second premolar, and furrowed in the upper first premolar. There are four premolars in each jaw, two on either side between the canine and the molars; there are no premolars in the deciduous dentition.
Synonym(s): dens premolaris [TA] , bicuspid tooth.

bicuspid tooth

A permanent, premolar tooth. There are eight premolars, two in each quadrant (four in each jaw) between the canines and molars. Premolars have two or three cusps on the occlusal surface. See also: tooth