third molar
Late-erupting back tooth
A third molar is the rearmost tooth on each side of each jaw—four in total when all are present.
Also called wisdom teeth because they typically emerge in late adolescence or early adulthood.
Third molars often become impacted or crowd other teeth, making extraction one of the most common dental surgeries.
- wisdom toothLate-erupting back molar
- coming inIn the process of arriving
- late bloomerOne who matures slowly
- extractionAct of removing
- impactedInfluenced or wedged in
dentist · dental plan · jaw · eruption · oral surgery · swelling · pain · gums · roots · crowding · anesthesia · socket · bone graft · ache · teenager · pulled · local anesthetic · crooked
- teethteeth, incisors, incisor, canine, canines
- back teethpremolar, bicuspid, wisdom tooth
- molarswisdom tooth, wisdom teeth, grinders, back teeth, grinding teeth