Man has 12 of these

Usage examples of molars.

A few of the nuggets would explode between his molars, but then his jaw would snap shut and drive all of the unshattered nuggets straight up into his palate where their armor of razor-sharp dextrose crystals would inflict massive collateral damage, turning the rest of the meal into a sort of pain-hazed death march and rendering him Novocain mute for three days.

The upper molars hung only ten feet above, visible in the light from the charmed lamp hooked somehow to his foot.

Now the prince's molars are beginning to itch again, and only a practitioner of Dillingham's status can abate the condition.

Men did not have more than three molars in a row, but other species did.

His teeth were surprisingly similar to those of a human being: twenty four of them, divided into incisors and molars, sixteen and eight respectively.

But when Icebones scraped out some of the green-stained rock with a tusk tip, she found nothing but salty grains that ground against her molars, with not a trace of water or nourishment.

After my original scream, I found my jaws locked shut, my molars grinding.

No one wants to hear about how you dug half of your buddy's molars out of your leg with the point of a bayonet.

The skulls faced inward, and he could see by the long, yellowed molars in the jaws that the animals had been eaters of plants, not flesh.

Jagged molars ground together, slicing through wood-like tendon and dry muscle.

She elaborated on her statement, “His third molars are partially impacted, but from the degree of wear on the second molars and the lack of wear on the third, my estimation should be precise to within three years, plus or minus.

He cringed but worked the handkerchief back between her molars, pinning her tongue down and keeping her from gnashing.