Anatom3DLower first secondary molar tooth
Dens molaris primus inferior · Dolní první stálá stolička
Skeleton
Looks like
The large permanent back tooth in the lower jaw, sixth from the middle, with two roots and five cusps.
What it does
The main grinding tooth; it erupts around age 6 and anchors the bite behind the milk teeth.
Keeping it well
Its deep grooves decay early — sealants in children help. Lingering pain with hot food or swelling of the jaw needs a dentist.
Related conditions
- Acromegaly
- Bad breath (halitosis)
- Burning mouth syndrome
- Dental abscess
- Fractures
- Fragility fracture
- Frailty & falls in older age
- Hand, foot and mouth disease
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Impacted wisdom teeth
- Lichen planus
- Mouth ulcers (aphthous stomatitis)
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
- Osteomalacia & rickets
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Osteoporosis
- Paget's disease of bone
- Pemphigus vulgaris
- Sarcoma
- Stevens–Johnson syndrome / toxic epidermal necrolysis
- Teeth grinding (bruxism)
- Tooth decay & gum disease
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies
- Vitamin D deficiency