Dream Interpretation 101
Dream Dictionary
Here’s a list of dreams in alphabetical order and their interpretation:
- All Teeth Falling Out Dreams (interpret any teeth falling out dream):
Teeth falling out dream - Animal (losing one or all your teeth):
Animal teeth dream - Broken (breaking one or several teeth):
Broken teeth dream - Crooked (crooked tooth or teeth):
Crooked teeth dream - Crumbling (seeing your teeth crumble)
Crumbling teeth dream - Loose (teeth are about to be detached):
Loose teeth dream - Losing (losing one or all your teeth):
Dream of losing your teeth - Missing (missing one or several teeth):
Missing teeth dream - No Teeth (having no teeth left, toothless):
Dream about being toothless - Pulling out teeth (having your teeth pulled out):
Pulling out teeth dream - Rotten (having rotten teeth, rotting):
Rotten teeth dream
Contemporary dream interpretations
Teeth are symbols rich in meaning. Here are the most commonly accepted meanings among dream analysts:
- Transition times
- Personal growth and challenging your limits
- Self-confidence and strength
- Self-expression and personal nourishment
- Courage and assertiveness – or lack of it
- Concerns about self-image and attractiveness
Simple interpretation techniques to analyze your dreams
Here are 3 simple steps to analyze your dream. Ask yourself the following questions:
- How do you feel in the dream?
- How does the feeling in the dream relate to your current life?
- Why would you mind if you would… Here, fill in the blank with the scenario of your teeth dream; for instance, a dream where you lose your teeth, break a tooth, etc.
1. How do you feel in the dream?
Ask yourself how you feel in the dream. Pay special attention to your experience or feelings, especially when something happened to your teeth.
Dream Interpretation Tip: Connecting with the raw feeling, impressions, sensations or even fleeting emotion or images can help extracting more meaning out of the dream content. You can take note in writing or mentally and go to the next dream interpretation step.
2. How does the feeling in the dream relate to your current life?
Are there any connections between these feelings and impressions or feelings you may have in your everyday life?
Dream Interpretation Tip: Here’s a key point in interpreting dreams: Strong dream symbols tend to show up when an event or a situation in the dreamer’s life triggers intense emotions. Check what’s happening in your life right now that may be related how you felt in the dream.
More specifically, look for moments where things are shifting or changing dramatically in your life; making compromises that are not completely satisfying for you; facing choices that are hard to bear or make; expressing yourself with assertiveness or lack thereof.
3. What do the dream symbols mean to you personally?
One of the most important questions to dig out the deeper meaning of your dream is: Why would you mind if your teeth would fall out like they do in the dream?
Your answer will point you to another layer of interpretation. For instance, your dream could be related to the fear of aging, not looking as good as you would wish or stem from a feeling of powerless in face of change or losing something important to you.
Other interpretations may lead you to the idea of biting life more fully or getting more of the nourishment you need to enjoy life.
Dream interpretation advice: Become your own dream interpreter
Interpreting the meaning of dream symbols can be a daunting task when one is looking at definitions in a conventional dream dictionary. This interpretation guide is designed to empower every dreamer with knowledge and techniques to support the creation of a very personal interpretation of dream symbols.
Unlike the already-made dream definitions or the predictions astrologers or clairvoyants may offer in their readings, meaningful dream interpretation relies on your active participation. When you interpret your dreams, you become your own dream expert. Who else than you could better understand the dream meanings coming from in the recesses of your psyche and the messages of your unconscious?
Dream interpretation does not require you to be a clairvoyant or psychic, nor a seasoned psychologist. To interpret dreams, you need to engage your intellect, but also your imagination and intuition. This dream dictionary and interpretation guide is a starting point. You’ll find that combining symbol definitions, dream analysis techniques, and letting your brain work with free associations and imagination, will go a long way in uncovering the true meaning of your dreams.
Dream interpretation theories: Why do we dream about teeth?
According to traditional psychology, an explanation for dreams about teeth, especially dreams where you see you teeth fall out or you lose a tooth is linked to highly charged emotions in your waking life.
Most often dreams about teeth are disturbing and could even be a horrifying nightmare for the dreamer. The emotional quality of the dream scenario usually corresponds to emotions the dreamer is experiencing in her waking life.
The reason this emotional content appears in the dream though teeth imagery is because the dreamer has probably not fully acknowledged these emotions or repressed them because they were too frightening or painful to deal with in the moment. As a result, this traumatic or difficult experience and its emotional charge appear in dreams disguised in images and symbols.
For instance, teeth being pulled out or falling out remind us of the painful nature of these experiences or situations. In the symbolic language of dreams, emotions are represented indirectly through images and offer meaning for the curious dreamer who’s willing to understand their deeper meaning.
Literal and symbolic interpretation of dream symbols
In the field of dream interpretation, teeth symbols can have multiple meanings. Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud was one of the first modern dream analysts to focus on the distinction of the literal content of a dream, i.e., the matter-of-fact content featured in dream images, from the latent content that has a more symbolic meaning and represents a hidden unconscious meaning.
Teeth dreams emphasize a specific part of the body, the teeth, but also the mouth and possibly the face. Several interpretations are possible:
- The most literal interpretation points to concerns relating to your body, health, or physical appearance you may have consciously or unconsciously in your waking life.
- A more symbolic interpretation of the latent content of the dream consists in seeing body images as a representation of the way you see yourself and lead your life, as well as the feelings and emotions relating to these topics.
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im being chased by three tornados, and trying to save my sister
tornadoes, i understand, have to do with lack of control over a force that is bigger than you – the family relation denotes an aspect of yourself that your sister possesses (qualities that you want to protect) from this enormous, swirling force of nature. i suggest giving consideration to any authority figures in your life that are giving rise to a feeling a panic, due to their ‘uncontrolable nature’. good luck.
I want to know what my dream means.
Last night I dream of fetching
water from a well near the stream and river.
There four people in my dream
. There are two well near the stream and river
We have one blue container to fill in.
Both well is filled with dry bamboo leaves floating but the water is clear.
The two women in my dreams was clearing the well, taking off the dry leaf out of the well.
And I was watching them holding the container. The man in my dreams who is older was sitting near the other well, he also clearing the well. The water in the river is clean and smoothly flowing..what does this dream of mie mean?
I dreamt that I was in a room with lots of other people and all of a sudden I just took out a piece of newspaper and defecated on it. It was very runny and it ran over my left hand. I just rolled up the paper and put it into a bin nearby.
Cobra bit me on my right hand
I dreamnt that my lower jaaw teeth re falling out I can see them on da ground manythere plenty of them
I just had a nap nightmare …. It started with a filling that I had popped of my tooth and all crumblely looking then to having my bottom teeth split into two whole pieces and slipping right out. Then it happen to my upper teeth! Then I had a completely empty mouth! Even my gums fell out?!? It wasn’t even like one tooth fell out one at a time… It was in 4 pieces total… So weird. I felt my self haveing anxiety while I was sleeping over this nightmare.
I was walking and my teeth start falling out. I kept my hand and caught all the teeth. I was entering a classroom where others was also present and stacked the fallen teeth on a desk in the shape of a pyramid and left it there. Through all this I was quite happy. As I left the room, some grit (small stone pebbles was falling from my mouth as well). Later I discovered that there was two teeth remaining in my mouth – both were wisdom teeth at the ack and one was loose.
my teeth are falling out I’m trying to spit them out but they are. glued in and I’m gagging
awaken by hands coming out under the bed
i was at my childhood home (NY) a friend who lives in Alabama who has the keys to a home i am selling there came over to get THE MOP i had borrowed
I WAS CROSSING THE DAMAGE BRIDGE BUT I FIND A WAY WHICH I DONT KNOW AND FIX IT AND PASS TRU IT COMPLETELY AND SAFE….
I was in the rest room and i pulled out my left front tooth and then the tooth I pulled out became two and my tooth I pulled out was still there it grew back. It did not hurt at all and then I was walking down the street with my girlfriend and she was pregnent then we were at a coffee shop with a stroller with two children. what is this about?
It was 4am in the morning.
I saw my upper right denture teeth falling out my mouth like a spit straight into my palms and they very white. One of them was having cavity (which i already had and i knew it but saw that first time). All teeth are very clean and pure white which we normally see in model pictures.
I can feel my right upper mouth is empty from inside.
It was 4am in the morning.
I saw my upper right denture teeth falling out my mouth like a spit straight into my palms and they very white. One of them was having cavity (which i already had and i knew it but saw that first time). All teeth are very clean and pure white which we normally see in model pictures.
I can feel my right upper mouth is empty from inside.
I dreamed that I was in school sitting in my desk and some classmates behing me were saying that I looked like a kid and that i was ugly.What does this mean?
All my upper teeth was coming out in my hand,like a nightmare
my wristwatch broke into a lot of little pieces
I spit my teeth out and they turned into diamonds
I had a dream that my lower teeth were falling out. Started with just a couple being wobbly, then all of my bottom teeth came loose in my mouth. I was trying to tell my husband, upset, then my mother held my face in her hands, made me open my mouth and said ‘you will not die, you won’t let this kill you’. She looked shocked an in horror and I then knew that they were all rotten, and the bone diseased in my jaw. Very frightening!
Every time I dream my teeth falling out the main thing I notice is that right befor my teeth begin to fall out my jaw starts to lock and then I start to feel a lot of pressure on my gums I try to open my mouth and relax my jaw but it will keep locking up and my gums will feel like an intense pressure as soon as the pressure goes away and I can open my mouth my teeth begin to fall out but when they fall out I’m not left toothless I still have my teeth
i have the same dream, i get so often sometimes i am aware its a dream. the jaw lock/pressure is the main bit :s
i dreamed about falling out teeth just two in a lower part of the teeth, but after that there’s a new teeth coming already where i lost my teeth and i was so shocked when i saw that there are more teeth at the back of my lower teeth growing. Is there any one can help me to interpret my dream?
all teeth falling out replaced by all new teeth coming in
I was throughing teeth in the sink but they werent mine
There was a Filling in one Of my molars that felt odd. I used my fingernail to see if it was okay and it broke. I flicked out many peices. They were clearly peices of fillings. While in my hsnd they transformed in to diamonds. Some small sone larger. It was s magnificent surprise. Prior to this entire episode, I was feeling fine and going about my day.
I was walking around, can’t tell where with a lot of teeth in my mouth. I had so many they were making my mouth big. Everytime one fell out, there was another tootha already in the space and they were broken and rotten and i kept spitting out teeth into a plastic cup. it was getting pretty full. the teeth inside my mouth looked like shark teeth.
My name is Anna and I used to have dreams like this a lot it started after High school when it was time for me to move out on my own. Grown up life was not going as planned and it was pretty rough I wanted to tell my parents so much how hard it was and it only made me clam up more. So the dreams started just a tooth loose another and another then spitting them into my hand and a sensation of fear as if I would get in trouble. But now I’m older got my life onthe right track even though it’s still tough I do sometimes feel over wellemed and just want things to be different. I hadnt had the dreams in forever it seemed till last night it was violent my body got tense and my jaw locked and teeth were being pressed back and being popped out I ran to the morrow and could see the missing ones and blood everything seemed so real I thought how could this happen only happens in my dreams! Very freaky what could this one mean?
hello i had a very odd dream about teeth last night. What I can remember was a guy with curly hair was sucking my teeth then all of a sudden springs started falling out from my teeth..hmmmm very odd
I closed my mouth and tried to open, when I did my fillings got stuck on one another and forced my back teeth out. It started with one and then more just started to come out. the inside of my mouth was a mess.
I dreamt my top 4 front teeth came out and were like rubber teeth. then all my other teeth were wobbly and fell out. I thought oh well, I’ll get a set of those screw in dentures, even though they are expensive. I am going through an enormous personal growth, awareness and change period in my life. I’m a little worried about the impact these changes might have on my relationship with my partner, even though I know it is necessary for both of us, and the outcome will be positive.
2 NIGHTS AGO, I DREAMED THAT I HAD A TERRIBLE PAIN ALONG MY SIDE, LIFTING MY SHIRT I NOTICED I’D HAD A WOUND UNDER MY LEFT ARM, JUST BELOW THE ARMPIT, WITH LARGE SCRATCH MARKS RUNNING FROM THE WOUND ONTO MY BACK – IN THE DREAM COULD ONLY FOCUS ON HOW PAINFUL THIS WOUND WAS.
UPON STANDING INFRONT OF A MIRROR, I PUSH ALONG THE SIDES OF THE WOUND, AND A SET OF FALSE TEETH BEGIN COMING FROM OUT THE WOUND, TEETH BREAKING OFF AS I WAS PUSHING THE DENTURES OUT.
ONCE THE SET OF FALSE TEETH WERE PUSHED OUT OF THE WOUND, THE PAIN WAS GONE INSTANTLY.
IT WAS A VERY EERIE DREAM AND MADE ME UNCONFORTABLE INTO MY VERY SOUL.
I HAVE VERY VIVID DREAMS EACH AND EVERY NIGHT, BUT THIS ONE SHOOK ME TO THE CORE.
i had a dream where one of my front teeth was positioned sideways instead of facing front.
I keep having the same dream that I am biting down on my teeth very hard. It feels like my jaw is locked. I cant stop myself in the dream. I try to open my mouth and stop biting down, but I cant and I bite down harder and harder until my teeth begin to crack and break under the pressure. What does it mean?
oh my goodness, i had the same exact dream! tell me when you find anything:)
You might be grinding your teeth at night. Try wearing a mouth guard.
the first dream about teeth i had was one tooth was loose then i pulled it out. the dream i had last night was heaps of my teeth were loose and fell out on the floor. wondering what all this means?
I have recently had recurring dreams that my teeth have falling out. They all usually start with me touching my teeth then they become loose and the start to come out until all my bottom teeth are gone. Sometimes the top fall out also, but most of the time it’s the bottom and sometimes they fall out alone. When I wake up I always feel that it has really happened. I think this dream illustrates my fear of my wisdom teeth making my bottom row crooked and come out,
i dreamt that some of my teeth came out in bits, leaving me looking as if I had been punched. I tried to see the dentist but he was on holiday. I waited around to see if there was someone who could help me. I was very distressed by this.
My son in the dream has a rotten molar. I pull it out with my workshop pliars and get the rotten bits. Unfortunately i also pull out a good molar and am devastated by this to the point of getting very emotional.
In my Dream my Teeth and Gums came out. They looked like a pair of dentures. I was horrified in the dream. I remember looking at my teeth in my hand and touching them feeling scared.
I suppose I solhudn’t even joke about having dreams about Dr. Helen, so I won’t.Some people get all mystical at me and wonder about “meanings”, as in, “My dream is foretelling the future”. They’re not happy with my response, that I believe first and foremost that the subconscious is trying to work something out. The spooky stuff is only to be considered later.But I never did come to terms with a series of dreams where my life was being threatened. These were usually in a half-awake state, which made them even more fun. Like the time someone from a neighboring house had a kind of greenish tracking beam and was trying to site in and shoot me. Or the time I was trapped between the hulls of a spaceship — that one took longer to wake up from than most.