Radiology Lexicon

Last uploaded: November 20, 2020
Preferred Name

premolar tooth

Synonyms

bicuspid tooth

Definitions

One of the eight permanent teeth, two on either side in each jaw, between the canines (cuspid) and the molars (molar), serving for grinding and crushing food. The upper have two cusps (bicuspid) but the lower have one to three. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p822) [MeSH]

ID

http://radlex.org/RID/RID9129

Definition

One of the eight permanent teeth, two on either side in each jaw, between the canines (cuspid) and the molars (molar), serving for grinding and crushing food. The upper have two cusps (bicuspid) but the lower have one to three. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p822) [MeSH]

label

RID9129

Part_Of

http://radlex.org/RID/RID9922

Preferred_name

premolar tooth

Preferred_name_German

Prämolar

prefixIRI

RID9129

Synonym

bicuspid tooth

UMLS_ID

C0005373

subClassOf

http://radlex.org/RID/RID9125

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