“I Dreamed My Teeth Were Falling Out. Help.”

A lovely, and concerned, subscriber submitted: “I dreamed my teeth were falling out. Help.”

“Instead of asking, What do teeth symbolize? ask yourself, How did losing them make me feel?”

First: you’re in good company. Dreams about teeth falling out, crumbling, breaking or suddenly disappearing are remarkably common. And while dream interpretation is never an exact science, recurring dream imagery can offer a strange little window into what the brain is processing when the conscious mind is off duty.