premolar (bicuspid)

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Introduction

8 premolars total, 4 maxillary (upper), 4 mandibular (lower). There are 2 on each upper & lower side.

Each upper premolar has 2 roots; each lower premolar has 1 root.

More general terms

References

  1. Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999
  2. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999