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Definition of Back tooth
1. Noun. A tooth situated at the back of the mouth.
Definition of Back tooth
1. Noun. (dentistry) A molar. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Back Tooth
Literary usage of Back tooth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Household surgery, or, Hints on emergencies by John Flint South (1850)
"Drawing a back tooth is a more difficult and complicated business, and is generally
... If an upper back tooth is to be drawn, the operator has most power ..."
2. The Log of the Ark by Irwin Leslie Gordon, Alfred Joseph Frueh (1915)
"Ham painted some swamp scenery for them. That is about the first useful thing he
has done on the whole trip.—My back tooth still ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The main cone is external in the lower teeth and internal in the upper. A very
common form of back tooth in fossil forms and one which gives its name to the ..."
4. A Dictionary of the Fossils of Pennsylvania and Neighboring States Named in by J. Peter Lesley, Pennsylvania Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey (1889)
"4a, bc upper back tooth of the right jaw of the fish, from above and sidewise,
and section; 5 a, b, lower back tooth. Found by Worthen in the Barren ..."
5. American Journal of Dental Science by American Society of Dental Surgeons (1891)
"The pin surface of a saddle-back tooth should be ground flat with a safety ...
The band to which the saddle back tooth is soldered should be cut down to a ..."
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