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Teeth falling out
Body
- loss
- aging
- speech
- family
In the traditional reading
Almost every tradition reads this as loss. Korean practice adds a family reading keyed to which tooth fell.
From dream research
Jaw and tooth pressure from night-time grinding can bleed into the dream. Frequent dreams plus a sore jaw point to a dentist first.
Scene by scene, as it was handed down
- A front tooth falls out — Taken as concerning someone close.
- It falls out bleeding — Read as a warning of loss or conflict.
- A new tooth grows in — Taken as something arriving to replace what was lost.
Dream reading is cultural symbol interpretation and does not foretell anything.