The dream of a missing tooth (s) is one of the most common. He dreamed and dreamed of many people unfamiliar with each other, regardless of their life experience, gender, genetics and other data. This striking phenomenon can be explained using Carl Jung's theory of the collective unconscious.
Jung's interpretation of the dream of missing teeth
The most famous student of Sigmund Freud, Jung was convinced that a person's personality is formed by different components. One of them is the collective unconscious, living deep in our soul from the very birth. This is what unites all people. It is for this reason that there are certain similar dreams that different people see, in no way related to each other.
Healthy teeth have been associated for centuries with youth, vitality, and also with kinship. Usually a dream in which a sleeping person sees his teeth fall out is associated with a loss of health, some kind of serious setbacks. If a tooth fell out and blood began to flow, this is an omen of the death of one of the closest relatives.
Jung's archetypes
In this regard, sleep is also interesting from the point of view of Jung's archetypes. One of these very archetypes, Karl Gustav singled out the so-called "shadow". She is the deepest, hidden and often suppressed part of the unconscious. The shadow is strongly associated with the sexual instinct and everything that a person chooses not to admit to himself. It can be some kind of "shameful" desires, deep fears, etc.
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The person prefers to hide everything that is unacceptable from a moral point of view from others and often from himself, therefore, “in all its color” it manifests itself precisely in dreams. A lost tooth and gums bleeding profusely in a dream can mean a subconscious wish for death to someone from your family. Perhaps one of the relatives strongly oppresses, restricts freedom (including sexual), so the unconscious wants to remove this person from the path.
Freud's Teeth Dream
Sigmund Freud considered the sexual instinct to be the most powerful driving force of all life on earth. At the same time, the father of psychoanalysis (like his student Jung) believed that all the strongest desires, carefully restrained by the framework of public morality, flourish and manifest themselves in dreams.
The dream of teeth is a classic of the genre. According to Freud, missing teeth (or one tooth) means that a person's sexuality is being suppressed by someone. This individual may fear that his addiction to masturbation will become known to everyone. The fear of public shame is what provokes such dreams.
Interpretation of the dream about teeth in other sources
According to other dream books (Miller, Hasse, Tsvetkov, etc.), to see lost teeth in a dream means the approach of a serious illness that will destroy some plans. At the same time, this can mean another problem (for example, financial). A particularly bad omen is to see yourself with a completely toothless mouth. Expect big trouble.
At the same time, a dream about a missing tooth is a sign of fear of being in an awkward situation, of embarrassment in front of someone. A good sign is to see some stranger in a toothless dream. This is a symbol of the powerlessness of all enemy intrigues, the collapse of the plans of people who have planned something against you. If you dreamed of healthy teeth, you expect success, viable offspring and your own good health.
If the tooth is loose (in a dream), soon someone in the family will die. Seeing artificial teeth (implants) is a symbol of false feelings, deception in your personal life. Rotten, mottled with caries, and then falling out teeth - moral and physical exhaustion and related ailments constantly replacing each other. It's time to take a normal vacation or change your occupation. The body cannot cope with the load that a person has shouldered.
If you dreamed that old teeth fell out and new ones began to grow, it means that a turning point has come in life. It can also mean spiritual growth and development. If 1 tooth with blood falls out, a relative will die. Sometimes a man may dream that his tooth fell out, but the sleeping man himself cannot spit it out. This may mean that a man is raising a child that is not blood-related. In any case, it is important to listen to yourself and develop your intuition.