Anyone dream about their teeth (loose, falling out...)

amanda&rob

I dream regularly about my teeth and it totally creeps me out.  I won't describe what happened in my dream last night bc it's completely disgusting.  However, I didn't know if other people frequently dreamed about their teeth being loose, falling out, missing, etc. too. 

Anyone?  Or am I the only crazy?  

DevonPow

Losing your teeth is a really common dream - a popular theory is stress/fear of embarrassment in a social situation, etc. I seem to recall that Freud believed it was a castration dream - but then again, Freud thought EVERYTHING was a castration dream, lol.

belle204

No, you're not the only one. It's one that I've had on & off for years and the last time it was so real and vivid I woke up in a panic. The "meaning" seems to vary depending on which dream dictionary you look at. But I find they occur most when I'm stressed and worried about something.

KrisBriMcBunny

Yes I have the same dream all the time!  Its either I have a HUGE wad of bubblegum stuck in my teeth and cant get it out...the more I pulled stuff out the bigger the wad gets.  Or I dream that my teeth would come out tooth by tooth by tooth...I keep trying to push it back in but it just falls out.

I hate those dreams!

ali-1411

Yes, a lot of teeth dreams.  They are usually loose and I'm trying to keep them in. 

I have loose teeth dreams when I feel like I'm losing control of something.  Stress, etc.  

femmegem

Yep. The worst one was when my teeth were actually crumbling to bits. That was horrifying. I was so relieved when I woke up and realized it was only a dream. But I have lots of dreams about my teeth falling out.

DandR

YES!!! I have vivid dreams nearly nightly...and this one is a common one....and its always a tiny bit different, but sorta the same.

Usually its that a tooth or two fall out and I'm embarrassed by it...but sometimes ALL my teeth are falling out and I'm spitting them out, with blood and everything, and can't get them to stop falling out. 

I think this dream is part of the reason I CAN.NOT handle my kids loose teeth....I can handle all other gross parts of parenting, but not loose teeth....I get lightheaded when DH is wiggling my DD's tooth across the room.

CleoKitty

Yes, I dream that my teeth just start crumbling into hundreds of tiny little pieces. It's horrible.

firefightersgal

I used to have that dream all the time.  My psychology professor at the time said that it is one of the most common reoccuring dreams.

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DH says he has dreams like that all the time. It really freaks him out.

hikerbeth

All the time.  I have to get up and look in the mirror to make sure they're still there.  Weird.