Along with driving a car with failing brakes, having my teeth fall out is another recurrent nightmare. Kerri was saying the same so I thought I’d find out exactly what it all means.

I was once told that dreams of losing teeth meant someone close had a serious illness or had died. For a while, I’d call my parents and my sister to check up on them whenever I had a dream like that but then it started getting so silly that I started wondering if I wouldn’t be better off calling the dentist instead (I really should get my teeth cleaned more often).

According to Dream Moods,

In the Greek culture, when you dream about loose, rotten, or missing teeth, it indicates that a family member or close friend is very sick or even near death.

But I think this interpretation may be closer to the mark:

Teeth are used to bite, tear, chew and gnaw. In this regard, teeth represent power. And the loss of teeth in your dream may be from a sense of powerlessness. Are you lacking power in some current situation? Perhaps you are having difficulties expressing yourself or getting your point across. You feel frustrated when your voice is not being heard.

Sounds exactly like what I’m going through mothering a preschooler.