Anatom3DUpper second secondary molar tooth
Dens molaris secundus superior · Horní druhá stálá stolička
Skeleton
Looks like
The permanent back tooth behind the upper first molar, seventh from the middle, with three roots.
What it does
Grinds food; erupts around age 12.
Keeping it well
Hard to reach when brushing, so decay starts on its back and cheek sides; the parotid duct opens beside it.
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