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give structure to my thoughts and take the decisions that are mine. I say what I need, and I bite into life.",[301,302,303,304,305],"Tooth pain","Dental pain","Odontalgia","Rage de dents","Maux de dents","mouth-and-teeth",{"type":308,"value":309,"toc":561},"minimark",[310,315,335,338,342,345,350,353,357,360,364,367,371,422,426,429,433,459,462,466,516,520,523],[311,312,314],"h2",{"id":313},"what-toothache-is","What toothache is",[316,317,318,319,324,325,329,330,334],"p",{},"Toothache is pain in or around a tooth. It can be a sharp pain when you bite or drink something hot, cold or sweet, a throbbing ache, or pain that spreads to the jaw, ear or head. The most common causes are ",[320,321,323],"a",{"href":322},"\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Ftooth-decay","tooth decay",", a cracked or broken tooth, a lost filling, an infection at the root (an abscess), ",[320,326,328],{"href":327},"\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fgum-disease","gum disease",", a wisdom tooth coming through, or sensitive teeth where the gum has receded. Sinusitis and ",[320,331,333],{"href":332},"\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fteeth-grinding","grinding the teeth"," can also feel like toothache.",[316,336,337],{},"A dentist finds the cause and treats it, with a filling, a root canal treatment, treatment of the gums or, if needed, removing the tooth. Painkillers can ease the pain while you wait for an appointment. Toothache rarely goes away for good on its own, and an untreated infection can spread.",[311,339,341],{"id":340},"the-emotional-meaning-of-toothache","The emotional meaning of toothache",[316,343,344],{},"Spiritually, dental problems are linked to decisions, and toothache most of all. You put off deciding because the consequences frighten you and make you feel unsafe. This is about personal responsibility, and the ability to choose without fearing what will happen later. The indecision may come from not having the whole picture of a situation, so you cannot draw the right conclusions.",[346,347,349],"h3",{"id":348},"rage-at-not-being-heard","Rage at not being heard",[316,351,352],{},"In French, an intense toothache is a \"rage of teeth\". The pun is taken seriously: rage may have taken hold because you are angry with yourself for not being able to say what you want. You would like to show your teeth, to grumble your way into your place, to show that you exist and that you have power. You want to be listened to and respected. And instead, you keep your mouth shut. When the pain sits in the root, it is read as rage about a situation where you are afraid of losing a family member.",[346,354,356],{"id":355},"pain-that-comes-back","Pain that comes back",[316,358,359],{},"Toothache often returns in \"painful\" situations where you have to detach from a person or a situation. If something has not been fully settled, the pain is read as lingering, even after a tooth is taken out. The pain is seen as a sign that the anger is no longer useful, and that it is time to stop putting pressure on yourself over the part of life the tooth stands for. Communicating your needs and wishes is the way through.",[346,361,363],{"id":362},"nerves-at-the-dentist","Nerves at the dentist",[316,365,366],{},"Many people dread the dentist and put it down to needles. Spiritually, work on the teeth is read as touching emotions you would rather avoid, which is why it is common to feel emotional and jittery in the chair. That is a reason to tell your dentist how you feel, not a reason to stay away.",[311,368,370],{"id":369},"other-tooth-troubles","Other tooth troubles",[372,373,374,386,396,402,408],"ul",{},[375,376,377,381,382,385],"li",{},[378,379,380],"strong",{},"Teeth that push forward"," are read as rushing decisions, wanting everything to go faster, and compromising constantly to be loved. ",[378,383,384],{},"Teeth that lean back"," are read as putting on the brakes and folding in on yourself.",[375,387,388,391,392,395],{},[378,389,390],{},"Difficult teething"," in a baby is read as feeling lost, not knowing who or what to lean on. ",[378,393,394],{},"No sensitivity at all"," is read as a way of escaping unpleasant situations and turning a deaf ear to the body's messages.",[375,397,398,401],{},[378,399,400],{},"Tartar"," is read as an inner aggression, an old reaction that has not been resolved and comes back up. It can harden your positions and become armour against attacks from outside. You may be living for others instead of following your own wishes.",[375,403,404,407],{},[378,405,406],{},"A broken tooth"," is read as a confrontation with someone or something bigger and more powerful than you, and a stubborn fight for your ideas that goes beyond your strength.",[375,409,410,413,414,417,418,421],{},[378,411,412],{},"Baby teeth that stay"," are read as holding on to childlike ways out of a fear of growing up. ",[378,415,416],{},"Losing teeth early",", or with age, is read as feeling that others make your decisions for you, so you can no longer bite into life or show your teeth. ",[378,419,420],{},"Teeth that never formed"," are read as a question of independence, especially from your mother, and of speaking freely without fearing the consequences.",[311,423,425],{"id":424},"what-each-tooth-may-suggest","What each tooth may suggest",[316,427,428],{},"The teeth develop over many years, and each one is linked to a feeling or emotion. The sides below are the person's own right and left, as a dentist numbers them.",[346,430,432],{"id":431},"by-quarter-of-the-mouth","By quarter of the mouth",[372,434,435,441,447,453],{},[375,436,437,440],{},[378,438,439],{},"Upper right (teeth 11 to 18):"," difficulty finding your place.",[375,442,443,446],{},[378,444,445],{},"Upper left (21 to 28):"," difficulty bringing your desire to be into reality.",[375,448,449,452],{},[378,450,451],{},"Lower right (41 to 48):"," difficulty building your life in concrete terms.",[375,454,455,458],{},[378,456,457],{},"Lower left (31 to 38):"," not receiving the emotional recognition you need from your family.",[316,460,461],{},"The right side is read as the rational, concrete, material side; the left as affection, intuition, desire and sensitivity. Upper teeth are read as intuition and instinct, lower teeth as rational decisions and what you physically want to do.",[346,463,465],{"id":464},"by-type-of-tooth","By type of tooth",[372,467,468,474,480,486,492,498,504,510],{},[375,469,470,473],{},[378,471,472],{},"Central incisors:"," the parents. The upper right (11) stands for the father and authority, the upper left (21) for the mother. The lower central incisors (31, 41) stand for the place the mother and father take in everyday life.",[375,475,476,479],{},[378,477,478],{},"Lateral incisors (12, 22, 32, 42):"," your reactions to your parents. Pushed forward, they are read as wanting to be stronger than them and independent early; set back, as submitting or feeling overprotected.",[375,481,482,485],{},[378,483,484],{},"Canines (13, 23, 33, 43):"," they arrive around puberty and stand for great inner transformations, the body, and the capacity to choose. The upper right relates to visible change and plans for the future; the upper left to inner change and submission; the lower left to inner change showing in the family, and a sense of having to live everything in silence or serve others; the lower right to determination and the growth of the body.",[375,487,488,491],{},[378,489,490],{},"First premolars (14, 24, 34, 44):"," who you are and what you want. Expressing yourself in society, your inner sensitivity and childhood dreams, how you put your will into daily and emotional life, and friendship and carrying projects through.",[375,493,494,497],{},[378,495,496],{},"Second premolars (15, 25, 35, 45):"," desires you want to realise, creativity, and betrayals. What you want to create in the world, your particular gifts, your relationship with your mother in daily life, and work or a friend's betrayal.",[375,499,500,503],{},[378,501,502],{},"First molars (16, 26, 36, 46):"," they arrive around six or seven and show how you take your place and your need to be recognised: in society, in your feelings, in your parents' affection, and very concretely in work and projects.",[375,505,506,509],{},[378,507,508],{},"Second molars (17, 27, 37, 47):"," they arrive around twelve and relate to your interactions with others and how you are seen: daily life and work, expectations not met, disappointments made worse by an act, and intense conflicts where words or gestures were exchanged.",[375,511,512,515],{},[378,513,514],{},"Wisdom teeth (18, 28, 38, 48):"," they arrive around twenty-one and stand for your spiritual life, your mission, your worth and helping others: the strength to be fully present in the world, a fear of not fitting in, expressing your views and feelings to the world, and being well grounded.",[311,517,519],{"id":518},"a-gentler-way-to-hold-it","A gentler way to hold it",[316,521,522],{},"A toothache needs a dentist. The emotional perspective asks which decision has been waiting.",[372,524,525,531,537,543,549,555],{},[375,526,527,530],{},[378,528,529],{},"Structure your thinking."," Lay out the situation on paper so you can see the whole of it before you decide.",[375,532,533,536],{},[378,534,535],{},"Say what you need."," The rage in a toothache is read as words that never came out. Find one to say.",[375,538,539,542],{},[378,540,541],{},"Notice the side and the tooth."," Ask which part of your life it stands for, and what you are being invited to do there.",[375,544,545,548],{},[378,546,547],{},"Let go where it is asked."," If a person or a situation is ending, give yourself room to grieve it.",[375,550,551,554],{},[378,552,553],{},"Mark your own space."," You do not have to bend to everyone in order to be loved.",[375,556,557,560],{},[378,558,559],{},"Bite into life."," Choose one thing you want and take a real step towards it.",{"title":562,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":563},"",[564,565,570,571,575],{"id":313,"depth":18,"text":314},{"id":340,"depth":18,"text":341,"children":566},[567,568,569],{"id":348,"depth":25,"text":349},{"id":355,"depth":25,"text":356},{"id":362,"depth":25,"text":363},{"id":369,"depth":18,"text":370},{"id":424,"depth":18,"text":425,"children":572},[573,574],{"id":431,"depth":25,"text":432},{"id":464,"depth":25,"text":465},{"id":518,"depth":18,"text":519},"2026-10-06","The emotional and spiritual meaning of toothache: postponed decisions, anger at not being heard, and what each tooth may stand for.","md","teeth",[581],"\u002Fguides\u002Fspiritual-meaning-of-pain-in-body-parts",[583,586],{"name":584,"url":585},"NHS: Toothache","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fsymptoms\u002Ftoothache\u002F",{"name":587,"url":588},"MedlinePlus: Tooth Disorders","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Ftoothdisorders.html",{},true,"\u002Fconditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Ftoothache",[593,594,595,596,597,598],"Which decision am I putting off because I am afraid of what will follow?","Do I have the whole picture, or am I trying to decide with half the facts?","Am I angry with myself for not saying what I want?","Which person or situation am I being asked to let go of?","Do I make constant compromises so that others will love me?","Which part of my life does the painful tooth stand for?",[322,327,600,601],"\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fjaw-pain","\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fwisdom-teeth",[603,604],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FToothache","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ143925",{"title":298,"description":577},"Toothache Spiritual Meaning: What Each Tooth Means",[608,614],{"author":609,"work":610,"entries":611,"pages":613},"Jacques Martel","Le Grand Dictionnaire des Malaises et des Maladies",[612],"Dents (maux de ...)","135–136",{"author":609,"work":610,"entries":615,"pages":617},[616],"Dent (symbolisme des ...)","138–140","conditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Ftoothache","Spiritually, toothache is often linked to decisions you keep postponing because their consequences frighten you. Sharp tooth pain may reflect rage at not being able to say what you want, and each tooth is read as one part of your life.","If this reading resonates with you, writing down the decision you have been postponing, with what you fear on one side and what you want on the other, can be a good next step, alongside the dental care the tooth needs.",[622,623,349,624,625,626],"Postponed decisions","Fear of consequences","Letting go","Taking your place","Biting into life",[628,629,630,631,632,633,634],"Toothache that lasts more than two days, or that painkillers do not control. See a dentist.","Swelling of the face, cheek or neck, fever, or a bad taste in the mouth, which can be an abscess. Get urgent dental care.","Swelling that spreads to the eye or neck, or difficulty breathing or swallowing. Go to A&E or call emergency services.","Pain in the jaw or teeth with chest pain, breathlessness or pain in the arm. Call emergency services.","A broken or knocked-out tooth. Get dental care the same day.","Pain that returns or worsens a few days after a tooth is taken out, which can be a dry socket or an infection.","Do not delay dental treatment because of an emotional reading. Feeling nervous at the dentist is very common, and telling them helps.","eGkWcDHIzy1lGv05-NrBYPurK37XNNHzNkoDRkHntxk",{"id":637,"title":87,"body":638,"comingSoon":10,"dateModified":576,"datePublished":735,"description":88,"extension":578,"groups":736,"guides":748,"icon":90,"medicalSources":749,"meta":750,"navigation":590,"order":12,"path":89,"reflectionQuestions":751,"seo":758,"seoTitle":759,"sources":760,"stem":766,"themes":767,"whenToSeeADoctor":774,"__hash__":781},"areas\u002Fareas\u002Fmouth-and-teeth.md",{"type":308,"value":639,"toc":730},[640,643,646,652,656,659,675,679,682,685,688,692,698],[316,641,642],{},"The mouth is where food, water and air come in, and where speech goes out. The teeth cut and grind what you eat, and they are among the hardest structures in the body. Pain, ulcers, decay and gum disease are medical matters. A dentist or a doctor is the right person for them.",[316,644,645],{},"In the emotional reading, the mouth is the opening onto life. It is how you first met nourishment, and how you still take in what is new: tastes, ideas, impressions. The teeth are the solid door in that opening. They are how you bite into a decision and how you hold your ground.",[647,648,649],"note",{},[316,650,651],{},"This page offers a symbolic and emotional perspective. It is meant to complement medical care, never to replace it. A sore that does not heal, a swelling with fever, or a tooth that will not let you sleep needs a dentist or a doctor.",[311,653,655],{"id":654},"what-the-mouth-represents","What the mouth represents",[316,657,658],{},"The source calls the mouth a bridge between the inner life and the world outside. Through it you speak, with the lips, the tongue and the voice, and you let thoughts and feelings leave. It stands for intimacy and for the space you need around you. Appetite, desire, expectation and the pleasure of living show themselves here.",[316,660,661,662,666,667,670,671,674],{},"It is a two-way road. The book plays on the French words for a path and for a voice, ",[663,664,665],"em",{},"voie"," and ",[663,668,669],{},"voix",". Trouble at the mouth is read as having an inner face and an outer one. The way you chew is taken as a picture of the way you live. Swallowing food without chewing is read as impulsiveness, with little patience for detail. Chewing without end is read as perfectionism: life is taken apart until you no longer taste it, and the past is turned over again and again. Very large bites are \"a double mouthful\": too many responsibilities, several projects moving at once. Very small bites are holding back, from ",[320,672,673],{"href":234},"fear"," of launching into a task that feels too hard.",[311,676,678],{"id":677},"what-the-teeth-represent","What the teeth represent",[316,680,681],{},"The teeth symbolise decisions. They are the hard gate that lets you bite into life with a full mouth, as the French saying has it. Inner reality and outer reality both pass through them. A sound, hard tooth is read as the capacity to welcome new ideas, love and inner nourishment, and as balance.",[316,683,684],{},"A tooth that is altered, even by a decay you cannot yet see, is read as a weak affirmation of yourself. The reality in front of you feels unacceptable. You fear taking your place, with the responsibilities that come with it. Autonomy is hard. Wanting something and reaching it do not meet. The source still asks you to stay open to the means that exist for getting through a delicate situation, even when the decision is hard.",[316,686,687],{},"For many animals the teeth are also the defence. If you feel in danger and do not know how to react, the spiritual interpretation says the teeth react for you. They stand for the will to go forward, to do a thing properly, and to give your thoughts and feelings a life outside you.",[311,689,691],{"id":690},"caring-for-the-mouth-from-the-inside","Caring for the mouth from the inside",[316,693,694,695],{},"Decay, infection, grinding, injury and many ordinary dental causes are real. The emotional perspective adds a question: ",[663,696,697],{},"what am I taking in, and what decision am I refusing to bite into?",[372,699,700,706,712,718,724],{},[375,701,702,705],{},[378,703,704],{},"Taste one mouthful."," The source asks you to eat slowly enough to taste, instead of gobbling or picking the meal apart.",[375,707,708,711],{},[378,709,710],{},"Notice the size of the bite."," Too much at once, or almost nothing, is read as the size of what you are willing to take on.",[375,713,714,717],{},[378,715,716],{},"Name one decision."," The teeth are the place of the decision you keep postponing.",[375,719,720,723],{},[378,721,722],{},"Speak as well as swallow."," The mouth is also the way feelings leave. A thought that never becomes a word stays in the doorway.",[375,725,726,729],{},[378,727,728],{},"See a dentist for the tooth."," The meaning does not fill a cavity or settle an infection.",{"title":562,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":731},[732,733,734],{"id":654,"depth":18,"text":655},{"id":677,"depth":18,"text":678},{"id":690,"depth":18,"text":691},"2026-10-04",[737,741,744],{"id":738,"title":739,"description":740},"mouth","Mouth","The mouth as the doorway for food, air, words and new impressions.",{"id":579,"title":742,"description":743},"Teeth","The teeth as the hard gate through which you bite into life and stand your ground.",{"id":745,"title":746,"description":747},"jaw","The jaw","Jaw pain, clenching and grinding, often linked to holding back anger, words or a decision.",[],[],{},[752,753,754,755,756,757],"What am I taking in too fast, or chewing over until the taste has gone?","Which new idea or sensation am I refusing to let into my mouth?","Where am I hesitating to bite into a decision that is actually mine?","Do I feel I have to defend myself, and have I no other way than the teeth?","Am I carrying too many projects at once, as if I had taken a double mouthful?","What would it be like to taste one thing slowly, and then say what I think?",{"title":87,"description":88},"Mouth, Teeth & Jaw Problems: Spiritual Meaning",[761],{"author":609,"work":610,"entries":762,"pages":765},[763,764],"Bouche (en général)","Dents (en général)","71–72, 134–135","areas\u002Fmouth-and-teeth",[768,769,770,771,772,773],"Openness","Speech","Appetite","Decisions","Self-assertion","Contact",[775,776,777,778,779,780],"A mouth ulcer, lump or red patch that has not healed after three weeks.","Difficulty swallowing, or pain that stops you eating or drinking.","Swelling of the face, a fever, or a tooth pain that keeps you awake.","Bleeding gums that do not settle with ordinary care.","A broken tooth, a knocked-out tooth, or an injury to the jaw.","White patches, or a sore that bleeds, especially if you smoke or drink heavily.","an3fx3a0KJ7Qv5HiZKcpANHFIwS7L277g5uUjG8pK4M",[783,1030,1307,1455],{"id":784,"title":785,"affirmation":786,"aka":787,"area":306,"body":797,"dateModified":576,"datePublished":576,"description":968,"extension":578,"group":579,"guides":969,"medicalSources":970,"meta":977,"navigation":590,"path":978,"reflectionQuestions":979,"related":986,"sameAs":990,"seo":995,"seoTitle":996,"sources":997,"stem":1012,"summary":1013,"supportIntro":1014,"themes":1015,"whenToSeeADoctor":1022,"__hash__":1029},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fgum-disease.md","Gum disease","I trust myself in the decisions I take, and I trust life. I let the past go and move forward with determination.",[788,789,790,791,792,793,794,795,796],"Gingivitis","Bleeding gums","Periodontitis","Periodontal disease","Receding gums","Swollen gums","Pyorrhoea","Pyorrhea","Gencives qui saignent",{"type":308,"value":798,"toc":955},[799,803,806,809,813,816,820,823,833,837,840,844,851,855,858,869,872,875,882,885,888,891,894,898,912,914,917],[311,800,802],{"id":801},"what-gum-disease-is","What gum disease is",[316,804,805],{},"Gum disease is inflammation of the tissues that hold the teeth in place. It is caused by plaque, a sticky film of bacteria that builds up along the gum line. In its early stage, gingivitis, the gums become red, swollen and bleed easily when you brush. If it is not treated, it can become periodontitis: the gums pull away from the teeth, the bone that supports them is slowly lost, and teeth can become loose and eventually fall out. Bad breath and a bad taste are common.",[316,807,808],{},"Gum disease is very common in adults. Smoking, diabetes, pregnancy, some medicines, a weakened immune system and not cleaning between the teeth all raise the risk. Gingivitis can usually be reversed with good brushing, cleaning between the teeth and a professional clean. Periodontitis needs regular treatment by a dentist or hygienist to stop it getting worse. Bleeding gums with bruising or other bleeding elsewhere need a doctor.",[311,810,812],{"id":811},"the-emotional-meaning-of-gum-disease","The emotional meaning of gum disease",[316,814,815],{},"The gums support the teeth, and the strength of the teeth depends a great deal on them. Since the teeth stand for decisions, the gums are read as the ground under your decisions: your confidence that you can stand by them.",[346,817,819],{"id":818},"stuck-in-the-past","Stuck in the past",[316,821,822],{},"Spiritually, sore gums are read as feeling caught with a person or a situation because you insist on staying in the past. Instead of climbing the next step, you would rather go back. Indecision is everywhere. You doubt because you wonder whether you can bear your decisions and what they will bring.",[316,824,825,826,828,829,832],{},"Gum pain may be linked to a decision you should have taken long ago and keep postponing, out of ",[320,827,673],{"href":234}," of what it could change; or to a decision you have taken but are not carrying out. You are in a passive state of fear, insecurity and uncertainty about the future. Your words feel as if they carry no weight, and you are often ",[320,830,831],{"href":198},"angry"," with yourself.",[346,834,836],{"id":835},"limits-and-the-need-for-love","Limits and the need for love",[316,838,839],{},"You may feel left to fend for yourself, struggling to define your limits and what you can tolerate. Then, like a small volcano, emotions held back for a long time erupt. There can be an intense inner pain about the emotional nourishment you need and feel you lack. Sensitive gums that sometimes swell are read as great emotional sensitivity and vulnerability: you need a lot of love and feel you are not receiving it, or fear losing it. You may feel unsure of your own limits and of your ability to tell what is good for you. If you blame yourself for things you have said or done, the gums are read as feeling it too.",[346,841,843],{"id":842},"an-abscess-on-the-gum","An abscess on the gum",[316,845,846,847,850],{},"When there is a break in affection, especially with your mother or your children, and you store up sorrow and disappointment while feeling ",[320,848,849],{"href":240},"guilty"," about what is happening, a gum abscess is read as the wish to expel that inner suffering once and for all. An abscess still needs a dentist.",[346,852,854],{"id":853},"gingivitis-fear-around-a-decision","Gingivitis: fear around a decision",[316,856,857],{},"An infection of the gums is read as fear. It may be fear about a decision you took and regret, or one you keep questioning, or about your inability to decide at all. It may also be fear of someone else, a manager, a partner, a religion, whose decisions affect you directly and over which you have no control. Someone acted too fast and it irritates you. Frustration and discontent can lead to confrontations that may not be needed.",[316,859,860,861,864,865,868],{},"When the gums become inflamed, they are read as distress and a poor ability to defend yourself, with ",[320,862,863],{"href":288},"weariness",", ",[320,866,867],{"href":255},"melancholy"," and fear. The invitation is to channel that fear and express it.",[311,870,789],{"id":871},"bleeding-gums",[316,873,874],{},"Bleeding gums are read as insecurity, a doubt about a decision to take, and a loss of joy in expressing yourself. Are you right to doubt, or to regret? You may find it hard to hold your position and stay firm. You may feel your freedom is restricted, feel powerless, and hold others responsible for how you feel.",[316,876,877,878,881],{},"In gingivitis the bleeding is read as ",[320,879,880],{"href":273},"sadness"," at not being able to express yourself, either because you are not allowed to or because you stop yourself, feeling that what you say does not matter and no one will listen. When a decision tears you in two, the bleeding is read as joy draining out of it.",[311,883,792],{"id":884},"receding-gums",[316,886,887],{},"Because the gums are the foundation the teeth rest on, gum disease can come with anger and sadness at the feeling that your foundations are collapsing, leaving you powerless in front of events or other people. You may stamp on the spot and criticise instead of looking at how to move forward and leave the past behind.",[316,889,890],{},"When the gums pull back and the teeth loosen, the sense of powerlessness is read as strongest. Reality no longer holds and your inner strength is shaken. In a striking image, the gums are bathed in the tears of the teeth, your emotions. You keep asking whether you made the right decisions and find it hard to stand by your choices. You doubt yourself so much, and want so badly to be accepted, that you become flexible and understanding to the extreme while putting your own needs aside.",[316,892,893],{},"Receding gums are also read as the fear of being found out in a secret that was never told, one that has gnawed at you over the years. Like a chameleon, you may adjust so much to others to be loved and accepted that you lose yourself and have no limits left. The invitation is to mark out your own space and free yourself from what has been eating at you.",[311,895,897],{"id":896},"upper-or-lower-gum","Upper or lower gum",[372,899,900,906],{},[375,901,902,905],{},[378,903,904],{},"The upper gum"," is read as masculine energy and the father, and also as your work and your role in society.",[375,907,908,911],{},[378,909,910],{},"The lower gum"," is read as feminine energy and the mother, and also as your whole emotional side.",[311,913,519],{"id":518},[316,915,916],{},"Gum disease is a bacterial infection and needs a dentist or hygienist. The emotional perspective asks how steady the ground under your decisions feels.",[372,918,919,925,931,937,943,949],{},[375,920,921,924],{},[378,922,923],{},"Take a moment of silence."," Give yourself time alone to gather your strength.",[375,926,927,930],{},[378,928,929],{},"Name the postponed decision."," Write down the one you have been avoiding, or the one you took and have not acted on.",[375,932,933,936],{},[378,934,935],{},"Assert yourself."," The gums support the teeth, and the teeth are decisions: trust yourself in the ones you make.",[375,938,939,942],{},[378,940,941],{},"Draw your limits."," Decide what you will and will not tolerate, even with people you love.",[375,944,945,948],{},[378,946,947],{},"Speak, even if you think it will not count."," Your words carry weight when you give them some.",[375,950,951,954],{},[378,952,953],{},"See change as growth."," Each important change can be a step towards the goals you have set yourself. Look reality in the face, let the past go, and trust what is coming.",{"title":562,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":956},[957,958,964,965,966,967],{"id":801,"depth":18,"text":802},{"id":811,"depth":18,"text":812,"children":959},[960,961,962,963],{"id":818,"depth":25,"text":819},{"id":835,"depth":25,"text":836},{"id":842,"depth":25,"text":843},{"id":853,"depth":25,"text":854},{"id":871,"depth":18,"text":789},{"id":884,"depth":18,"text":792},{"id":896,"depth":18,"text":897},{"id":518,"depth":18,"text":519},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of gum disease, gingivitis and bleeding gums: doubt about decisions, a lost joy in speaking, and shaky foundations.",[],[971,974],{"name":972,"url":973},"NHS: Gum disease","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Fgum-disease\u002F",{"name":975,"url":976},"MedlinePlus: Gum Disease","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fgumdisease.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fgum-disease",[980,981,982,983,984,985],"Is there a decision I should have taken long ago and keep putting off?","Have I made a decision that I am not carrying out?","Do I feel that what I say carries no weight, or that no one will listen?","Where do I struggle to set my limits and know what is good for me?","Am I so flexible, to be accepted, that my own needs disappear?","Is there a secret I am afraid will come out?",[987,322,988,989],"\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Ftoothache","\u002Fblood-sugar\u002Fdiabetes","\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fbad-breath",[991,992,993,994],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPeriodontal_disease","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ520127","https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGingivitis","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ673083",{"title":785,"description":968},"Bleeding Gums Spiritual Meaning: Gingivitis and Gum Disease",[998,1002,1006,1010],{"author":609,"work":610,"entries":999,"pages":1001},[1000],"Gencives (maux de ...)","196",{"author":609,"work":610,"entries":1003,"pages":1005},[1004],"Gencives (saignements des ...)","197",{"author":609,"work":610,"entries":1007,"pages":1009},[1008],"Gencives — Gingivite aiguë","196–197",{"author":609,"work":610,"entries":1011,"pages":613},[612],"conditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fgum-disease","Spiritually, gum disease is often linked to doubt about decisions, ones you keep postponing or have taken and not carried out. Bleeding gums may reflect a lost joy in expressing yourself, and receding gums a feeling that your foundations are giving way.","If this reading resonates with you, a short moment of silence on your own each day, to gather your strength and look at one decision clearly, can be a good next step.",[1016,1017,1018,1019,1020,1021],"Indecision","Staying in the past","Lost joy in self-expression","Shaky foundations","Limits and boundaries","Need for love",[1023,1024,1025,1026,1027,1028],"Gums that bleed when you brush or floss, or are red and swollen. See a dentist or hygienist; early gum disease can be reversed.","Loose teeth, gums pulling away from the teeth, or a change in your bite.","A swelling on the gum, pus, a bad taste or fever, which can be an abscess. Get urgent dental care.","Very painful, bleeding gums with ulcers, bad breath and feeling unwell. Get dental care quickly.","Gums that bleed easily with unexplained bruising, nosebleeds, tiredness or frequent infections. See a GP, as this can point to a blood problem.","Gum problems if you have diabetes or are pregnant. Tell your dentist and doctor.","XdJLi91FD5QEsmA7yYsCEe04qfpkG81ypFHneX9ZPJY",{"id":1031,"title":1032,"affirmation":1033,"aka":1034,"area":306,"body":1043,"dateModified":576,"datePublished":576,"description":1243,"extension":578,"group":745,"guides":1244,"medicalSources":1250,"meta":1257,"navigation":590,"path":1258,"reflectionQuestions":1259,"related":1266,"sameAs":1268,"seo":1271,"seoTitle":1272,"sources":1273,"stem":1290,"summary":1291,"supportIntro":1292,"themes":1293,"whenToSeeADoctor":1299,"__hash__":1306},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fjaw-pain.md","Jaw pain","I allow myself to speak freely. I take back the place that is mine and live in integrity with my heart and with the truth.",[1035,1036,1037,1038,1039,1040,1041,1042],"TMJ","TMD","Temporomandibular joint disorder","Temporomandibular disorder","Jaw clenching","Locked jaw","Clicking jaw","Maux de mâchoires",{"type":308,"value":1044,"toc":1231},[1045,1049,1057,1066,1070,1073,1076,1080,1087,1094,1098,1101,1104,1108,1118,1122,1125,1129,1162,1166,1174,1188,1190,1193],[311,1046,1048],{"id":1047},"what-jaw-pain-is","What jaw pain is",[316,1050,1051,1052,1056],{},"Jaw pain is pain in the jaw bones, the muscles you chew with, or the temporomandibular joint (TMJ), the hinge in front of each ear that connects the lower jaw to the skull. When the pain comes from the joint and the chewing muscles, it is called a temporomandibular disorder (TMD). It can cause aching in the jaw, the face or around the ear, clicking or popping, difficulty opening the mouth wide, a jaw that briefly locks, and ",[320,1053,1055],{"href":1054},"\u002Fhead\u002Fheadaches","headaches",".",[316,1058,1059,1060,864,1062,1065],{},"TMD is common, and it is often linked to clenching or ",[320,1061,333],{"href":332},[320,1063,1064],{"href":282},"stress",", an injury, wear in the joint, or a bite that does not meet well. Most cases improve with simple care: soft food, avoiding wide yawns and gum, warmth or cold on the jaw, relaxation, and sometimes a night guard made by a dentist. Jaw pain can also come from a tooth abscess, sinusitis or an ear problem, and, rarely, pain in the jaw is a sign of a heart attack.",[311,1067,1069],{"id":1068},"the-emotional-meaning-of-jaw-pain","The emotional meaning of jaw pain",[316,1071,1072],{},"The jaws are the bones that let you eat and begin digesting what you take in, whether food or the reality around you. Spiritually, they show how far you can swallow certain realities, physically and emotionally. They stand for your strength to choose to open up to something or someone, and they make exchanges with others possible in safety. They open the way to truth and to asserting yourself. All the inner power you show is symbolised by your jaws.",[316,1074,1075],{},"Because the two jaws must meet and push against each other to work, they also represent your ability to face struggles and opposition, whether they come from outside or live inside you.",[346,1077,1079],{"id":1078},"clenched-teeth-and-held-back-anger","Clenched teeth and held-back anger",[316,1081,1082,1083,1086],{},"Jaw trouble is read as appearing when you clench your teeth because something is being pushed down: the energy of ",[320,1084,1085],{"href":198},"anger",", stubbornness, obstinacy, perhaps even an unconscious wish to get back at someone or something. Or perhaps you are holding back a cry of inner pain. Things are not going the way you want, and rage rises. You keep chewing over the same problems without finding solutions, and cling to emotions and habits that belong to an earlier age.",[316,1088,1089,1090,1093],{},"A jaw tic can show that you are \"speaking in silence\". What do you want to keep to yourself at all costs? Which emotions are you imprisoning? A narrow way of seeing events, being out of touch with your own power and holding on to an authority outside you, are part of the same picture. A sense of powerlessness can bring a feeling of inferiority and ",[320,1091,1092],{"href":249},"jealousy",". When the jaws ache, the question is whether a forced smile is covering a wish to attack or bite someone.",[346,1095,1097],{"id":1096},"thinking-one-thing-saying-another","Thinking one thing, saying another",[316,1099,1100],{},"When the jaw joint itself is affected and the jaws seem out of line, ask whether there is a gap between what you think and what you dare to say openly. You may be torn between telling the truth and hiding it, between your deep feelings and what you show. Emotions and thoughts pull in different directions, and so do what you would like to do and what you feel you must do. The dreams you had for your life may be very far from what it became, bringing disappointment and doubt, and a fading hope of reaching your ideal, for yourself, your relationship or the world.",[316,1102,1103],{},"A jaw joint that clicks or cracks is read as the fear of contradicting others, especially people in authority. You avoid confrontation and hold back your tears.",[346,1105,1107],{"id":1106},"muzzled","Muzzled",[316,1109,1110,1111,1114,1115,1117],{},"Some people feel muzzled: unable to express real sorrow and inner pain, even if their comments to others can be sharp. Others feel dominated and unable to speak because of ",[320,1112,1113],{"href":285},"timidity"," or ",[320,1116,673],{"href":234},". You may have been forbidden to speak as a child, and understood it as \"I must not have much worth saying\". When the jaw is read as soft or weakened, the question is where you feel \"soft\" in some situations, especially when you felt laughed at or not listened to, and how much that has lowered your sense of your own worth.",[346,1119,1121],{"id":1120},"a-jaw-that-locks","A jaw that locks",[316,1123,1124],{},"A jaw that locks is read as being unable to express yourself or to control what surrounds you, with emotions pushed down. It can be frozen by fear or sorrow after a moment when you felt powerless to say or do something to stop a situation. It may have tightened at the very instant you wanted with all your strength to contradict someone, to stop words from being spoken or an event from happening.",[311,1126,1128],{"id":1127},"what-the-circumstances-may-suggest","What the circumstances may suggest",[372,1130,1131,1141,1147,1153],{},[375,1132,1133,1136,1137,1140],{},[378,1134,1135],{},"The upper jaw"," is read as your relationship with your father, and ",[378,1138,1139],{},"the lower jaw"," as your relationship with your mother.",[375,1142,1143,1146],{},[378,1144,1145],{},"A broken jaw",", once it is being treated, may invite a question about rushing things and decisions. Do you feel hurried by life and by others, when part of you is the one that wants to go too fast?",[375,1148,1149,1152],{},[378,1150,1151],{},"Jaws that are too narrow"," are read as a personality that was held back in its growth, and a strong pressure to be the best, with the intellect constantly fed and the emotional side left hungry.",[375,1154,1155,1158,1159,1056],{},[378,1156,1157],{},"Grinding the teeth"," is read as insecurity, anxiety and strongly repressed emotions, especially in children towards their parents. See ",[320,1160,1161],{"href":332},"teeth grinding",[311,1163,1165],{"id":1164},"left-side-or-right-side","Left side or right side?",[316,1167,1168,1169,1173],{},"When the pain sits on one side, the ",[320,1170,1172],{"href":1171},"\u002Fguides\u002Fleft-vs-right-side-of-the-body","left and right sides of the body"," can add a nuance.",[372,1175,1176,1182],{},[375,1177,1178,1181],{},[378,1179,1180],{},"Right jaw:"," the masculine side, linked to action, logic, speech and the men in your life, such as a father or partner. Ask whether you are clenching against an authority, or holding back words you need to say to act and choose a direction.",[375,1183,1184,1187],{},[378,1185,1186],{},"Left jaw:"," the feminine side, linked to feelings, intuition, tenderness and the women in your life, such as a mother or daughter. Ask whether you are holding back words like \"I love you\" or \"I am hurting\", or finding it hard to receive.",[311,1189,519],{"id":518},[316,1191,1192],{},"Jaw pain usually has a physical cause that a dentist or doctor can help with. The emotional perspective asks what you are holding behind your teeth.",[372,1194,1195,1201,1207,1213,1219,1225],{},[375,1196,1197,1200],{},[378,1198,1199],{},"Unclench, and notice when."," Each time you catch your jaw tight, ask what you were about to say.",[375,1202,1203,1206],{},[378,1204,1205],{},"Close the gap."," Choose one place where what you think and what you say do not match, and bring them a little closer.",[375,1208,1209,1212],{},[378,1210,1211],{},"Let the cry out."," Inner pain that is held in the jaw can be spoken, written or wept.",[375,1214,1215,1218],{},[378,1216,1217],{},"Find your own authority."," You can disagree with someone above you and still respect them.",[375,1220,1221,1224],{},[378,1222,1223],{},"Slow down."," If you tend to rush decisions, give one of them a day longer.",[375,1226,1227,1230],{},[378,1228,1229],{},"Relax the whole system."," Rest, gentle stretching and breathing let energy move freely again, and your emotional side deserves as much care as your intellect.",{"title":562,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1232},[1233,1234,1240,1241,1242],{"id":1047,"depth":18,"text":1048},{"id":1068,"depth":18,"text":1069,"children":1235},[1236,1237,1238,1239],{"id":1078,"depth":25,"text":1079},{"id":1096,"depth":25,"text":1097},{"id":1106,"depth":25,"text":1107},{"id":1120,"depth":25,"text":1121},{"id":1127,"depth":18,"text":1128},{"id":1164,"depth":18,"text":1165},{"id":518,"depth":18,"text":519},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of jaw pain and TMJ: held-back anger, words you do not dare say, and the gap between what you think and say.",[1245,1246,1247,1171,1248,1249,581],"\u002Fguides\u002Fcan-emotions-cause-physical-pain","\u002Fguides\u002Femotions-body-map","\u002Fguides\u002Fjacques-martel-dictionary","\u002Fguides\u002Flouise-hay-list","\u002Fguides\u002Fpsychosomatic-illness",[1251,1254],{"name":1252,"url":1253},"NHS: Temporomandibular disorder (TMD)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Ftemporomandibular-disorder-tmd\u002F",{"name":1255,"url":1256},"MedlinePlus: Temporomandibular Disorders","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Ftemporomandibulardisorders.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fjaw-pain",[1260,1261,1262,1263,1264,1265],"What am I determined to keep to myself, and which emotions am I locking in?","Is there a gap between what I think and what I dare to say out loud?","Do I hide a wish to bite back behind a forced smile?","Which problem do I keep chewing over without ever finding a way out?","Was I ever told to be quiet, and did I conclude that I had nothing worth saying?","Am I afraid to contradict someone, especially someone in authority?",[332,1054,1267],"\u002Fback\u002Fupper-back-and-neck-pain",[1269,1270],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTemporomandibular_joint_dysfunction","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ1068323",{"title":1032,"description":1243},"Jaw Pain Spiritual Meaning: TMJ, Clenching, Left vs Right",[1274,1278,1282,1286],{"author":609,"work":610,"entries":1275,"pages":1277},[1276],"Mâchoires (maux de ...)","258–259",{"author":609,"work":610,"entries":1279,"pages":1281},[1280],"Bouche (malaise de ...)","72–73",{"author":609,"work":610,"entries":1283,"pages":1285},[1284],"Masculin (principe...)","270–271",{"author":609,"work":610,"entries":1287,"pages":1289},[1288],"Féminin (principe...)","182–183","conditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fjaw-pain","Spiritually, jaw pain is often linked to anger and words held back behind clenched teeth. It may reflect a gap between what you think and what you dare to say, and the feeling of being muzzled.","If this reading resonates with you, writing down one thing you have been holding back, and then saying it aloud to yourself, can be a good next step.",[1294,1295,1296,1097,1297,1298],"Held-back anger","Words not said","Feeling muzzled","Inner power","Facing opposition",[1300,1301,1302,1303,1304,1305],"Jaw pain with chest pain, breathlessness, sweating or pain in the arm. Call emergency services, as this can be a heart attack.","A jaw that locks open or shut, or that you cannot open at all.","Jaw pain after a blow, a fall or an accident, or teeth that no longer meet properly.","Swelling of the face or jaw, fever, or a bad taste in the mouth, which can be a dental abscess.","A lump, a sore that does not heal, or numbness in the jaw or lip that lasts more than three weeks.","Jaw pain that lasts more than a few weeks, or that makes eating hard. A dentist or GP can help.","gmzl4NJtQCw7VPReSIZsVT-A1tNCiDego5_jf-s_-Fc",{"id":1308,"title":1309,"affirmation":1310,"aka":1311,"area":306,"body":1315,"dateModified":735,"datePublished":735,"description":1409,"extension":578,"group":579,"guides":1410,"medicalSources":1411,"meta":1418,"navigation":590,"path":1419,"reflectionQuestions":1420,"related":1427,"sameAs":1428,"seo":1431,"seoTitle":1432,"sources":1433,"stem":1438,"summary":1439,"supportIntro":1440,"themes":1441,"whenToSeeADoctor":1447,"__hash__":1454},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Ftooth-decay.md","Tooth decay","I let the pain be spoken. I can change the way I see a situation, and I meet life with a grain of salt.",[1312,1313,1314],"Dental caries","Cavities","Tooth cavity",{"type":308,"value":1316,"toc":1402},[1317,1321,1324,1327,1331,1334,1337,1341,1344,1347,1351,1359,1361,1364],[311,1318,1320],{"id":1319},"what-tooth-decay-is","What tooth decay is",[316,1322,1323],{},"Tooth decay, or dental caries, is damage to a tooth caused by acids that bacteria in the mouth make from sugars. The hard surface softens, a cavity forms, and the tooth becomes sensitive because the nerve is close. Pain with sweet, hot or cold food, a visible hole, or a toothache are the usual signs. Left alone, decay reaches the pulp and can become an abscess. Treatment is dental: fluoride, a filling, a root treatment or, if the tooth cannot be saved, extraction. Diet, saliva, brushing and time all play a part. None of that is optional.",[316,1325,1326],{},"The emotional reading below does not replace a dentist. A cavity is a physical lesion. The questions are about what else, in the same season of life, has been gnawing.",[311,1328,1330],{"id":1329},"the-emotional-meaning-of-tooth-decay","The emotional meaning of tooth decay",[316,1332,1333],{},"Decay is read as an extreme inner pain that has become visible. What is happening in the depths shows on the outside. Something is eating you through to the core, and you cannot express the harm, so inflammation appears. The tooth softens, and it hurts.",[316,1335,1336],{},"When the emotional tension has become too much, it is read as landing on the tooth that matches what you are living. Each tooth is taken to stand for a particular aspect of your personality and your life. A cavity there is a refusal or a rejection of that aspect, a way of undoing yourself. The structure of a tooth is the most rigid in the body, and decay is placed on the mental side of life. The question is direct. Is this hatred, remorse or rancour, especially toward authority?",[311,1338,1340],{"id":1339},"biting-and-not-biting","Biting, and not biting",[316,1342,1343],{},"You may \"show your teeth\" when you feel attacked. What is the real cause of the pain? Finding that first reason is what gives you a chance to turn a destructive process around. You can be angry with yourself for staying silent, and so for hurting yourself. You may also have been in a situation where you wanted to bite, in self-defence, and you did not, because a well-brought-up child does not do that sort of thing.",[316,1345,1346],{},"In French, to have \"a tooth against\" someone is to hold a grudge, or even hatred, over something they did. Cavities in childhood are read in that light, together with having received little affective nourishment: marks of affection, tenderness, sweetness. People laughed. The wound went right down into the teeth.",[311,1348,1350],{"id":1349},"what-the-teeth-filter","What the teeth filter",[316,1352,1353,1354,1358],{},"A family conflict can be hard to take in. The teeth are how you filter and discriminate what enters the body, and, by extension, your world. Chewing is the physical picture of that sorting. The more the conflict stays without a solution, the more a vital part of you is read as dying back. Pain can show as a cavity and can travel on into other physical complaints that belong to the same knot. ",[320,1355,1357],{"href":1356},"\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fmouth-ulcers","Mouth ulcers"," are the other side of a mouth that will not speak.",[311,1360,519],{"id":518},[316,1362,1363],{},"The aim is not to feel guilty about a cavity, and it is not to skip the filling. Sugar and bacteria still matter. The emotional perspective asks what else you have been feeding on.",[372,1365,1366,1372,1378,1384,1390,1396],{},[375,1367,1368,1371],{},[378,1369,1370],{},"Say the thing that gnaws."," Silence turned against yourself is part of this picture.",[375,1373,1374,1377],{},[378,1375,1376],{},"Name the grudge."," A tooth \"against\" someone is the French way of saying the rancour has a target.",[375,1379,1380,1383],{},[378,1381,1382],{},"Ask which aspect of life this tooth is refusing."," The spiritual interpretation treats each tooth as a particular corner of you.",[375,1385,1386,1389],{},[378,1387,1388],{},"Notice where you wanted to bite and stopped."," A polite child who never answers back can still be furious.",[375,1391,1392,1395],{},[378,1393,1394],{},"Look at the food of thoughts."," Which ideas are no longer nourishing, and what would be more balanced in their place?",[375,1397,1398,1401],{},[378,1399,1400],{},"Take life with a grain of salt."," That is how \"wisdom teeth\" are invited to grow: less rigidity, not less dentistry.",{"title":562,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1403},[1404,1405,1406,1407,1408],{"id":1319,"depth":18,"text":1320},{"id":1329,"depth":18,"text":1330},{"id":1339,"depth":18,"text":1340},{"id":1349,"depth":18,"text":1350},{"id":518,"depth":18,"text":519},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of tooth decay: how it may relate to a pain that gnaws from the inside, a grudge, and a part of yourself you reject.",[],[1412,1415],{"name":1413,"url":1414},"NHS: Tooth decay","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Fconditions\u002Ftooth-decay\u002F",{"name":1416,"url":1417},"MedlinePlus: Tooth Decay","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Ftoothdecay.html",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Ftooth-decay",[1421,1422,1423,1424,1425,1426],"What is eating at me that I have not found words for?","Which part of my life does this tooth stand for, and am I refusing it?","Do I hold a grudge, remorse or rancour, especially toward someone in authority?","When did I want to bite back and decide a well-brought-up person does not?","Where did affection, tenderness or sweetness go missing when I was young?","What emotional or mental \"food\" is no longer doing me any good?",[1356,987,327],[1429,1430],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FTooth_decay","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ133772",{"title":1309,"description":1409},"Tooth decay: Spiritual Meaning & Emotional Causes",[1434],{"author":609,"work":610,"entries":1435,"pages":1437},[1436],"Dents — Carie dentaire","136–137","conditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Ftooth-decay","Tooth decay is often read as an inner pain that has reached the surface. Something gnaws, cannot be said, and a particular tooth stands for the part of life you are rejecting or biting back.","If this reading resonates with you, naming the grudge or the silence behind the tooth can be a good next step, alongside the dental care the tooth actually needs.",[1442,1443,1444,1445,1446],"Inner pain","What cannot be said","A grudge","Authority","Self-rejection",[1448,1449,1450,1451,1452,1453],"Toothache, a dark spot, or pain with hot, cold or sweet food. Decay needs a dentist. It does not heal if it is ignored.","Swelling of the face or gum, fever, or a bad taste, which can mean an abscess.","Pain that wakes you at night, or that painkillers no longer touch.","A broken tooth, or a filling that has fallen out.","Bleeding gums or a tooth that feels loose.","Do not delay a filling or other treatment because of an emotional reading. Decay is a bacterial disease of the tooth.","rw6TeRuEYQy27qljoilhZ5ewFMhX3cXYg1owX3DifxM",{"id":1456,"title":1457,"affirmation":1458,"aka":1459,"area":306,"body":1466,"dateModified":576,"datePublished":576,"description":1598,"extension":578,"group":579,"guides":1599,"medicalSources":1600,"meta":1607,"navigation":590,"path":1608,"reflectionQuestions":1609,"related":1616,"sameAs":1617,"seo":1620,"seoTitle":1621,"sources":1622,"stem":1634,"summary":1635,"supportIntro":1636,"themes":1637,"whenToSeeADoctor":1643,"__hash__":1651},"conditions\u002Fconditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fwisdom-teeth.md","Wisdom teeth","I take the place that is mine. I trust myself, and I let my wisdom come through.",[1460,1461,1462,1463,1464,1465],"Impacted wisdom tooth","Wisdom tooth pain","Wisdom tooth extraction","Wisdom tooth removal","Third molar","Dent de sagesse incluse",{"type":308,"value":1467,"toc":1589},[1468,1472,1475,1486,1489,1493,1496,1500,1503,1507,1510,1512,1515,1547,1552,1554,1557],[311,1469,1471],{"id":1470},"what-wisdom-teeth-are","What wisdom teeth are",[316,1473,1474],{},"Wisdom teeth are the third molars, the last teeth at the back of the mouth. Most people have four, one in each corner, and they usually come through between the late teens and mid-twenties. Some people have fewer, or none at all.",[316,1476,1477,1478,1114,1480,1482,1483,1485],{},"Often there is not enough room in the jaw, and a wisdom tooth comes through only partly, at an angle, or not at all. This is called an impacted wisdom tooth. Many impacted teeth cause no trouble. Others lead to pain, swelling and infection of the gum around them (pericoronitis), food getting trapped, ",[320,1479,323],{"href":322},[320,1481,328],{"href":327}," in the tooth next door, and pain that spreads to the ",[320,1484,745],{"href":600},", ear or head.",[316,1487,1488],{},"A dentist checks the tooth, usually with an X-ray. Problems are often managed with cleaning, mouthwash, painkillers and, if there is an infection, sometimes antibiotics. When problems keep coming back, the tooth may be taken out, under local anaesthetic or by a specialist. Wisdom teeth that cause no problems are usually left alone.",[311,1490,1492],{"id":1491},"the-emotional-meaning-of-wisdom-teeth","The emotional meaning of wisdom teeth",[316,1494,1495],{},"Spiritually, wisdom is a great quality. It opens you to the wider world and gives you solid ground for everything you undertake. Wisdom teeth arrive around the age of twenty-one, at the time you are said to take in your spiritual side, and they stand for the autonomy you gain over the years.",[346,1497,1499],{"id":1498},"an-impacted-wisdom-tooth","An impacted wisdom tooth",[316,1501,1502],{},"A wisdom tooth that refuses to come through and \"take its place\" is read as a mind that does not yet take all the room that is yours, and does not yet fully trust itself. You may keep inside what you dislike about yourself, in order to please others. The tooth is waiting, and so, perhaps, are you.",[346,1504,1506],{"id":1505},"what-wisdom-teeth-stand-for","What wisdom teeth stand for",[316,1508,1509],{},"Beyond the impacted tooth, wisdom teeth are linked to the world you move in and to your spiritual world: your mission, your personal worth, and the help you give to others. Having no wisdom teeth at all is read as choosing the path of knowledge rather than the mystical one. Having them only in the upper jaw is read as finding it hard to bring your sense of the invisible into daily life. Having them only in the lower jaw is read as putting a lot of energy into everyday action to come back into the physical world.",[311,1511,1165],{"id":1164},[316,1513,1514],{},"Each wisdom tooth has its own nuance. The sides are your own right and left, as a dentist numbers them.",[372,1516,1517,1523,1535,1541],{},[375,1518,1519,1522],{},[378,1520,1521],{},"Upper right (18):"," the strength you need to develop to be fully present in the world, at every level.",[375,1524,1525,1528,1529,1531,1532,1056],{},[378,1526,1527],{},"Upper left (28):"," the ",[320,1530,673],{"href":234}," of not fitting into the world. Low self-esteem carries a fear of ",[320,1533,1534],{"href":267},"rejection",[375,1536,1537,1540],{},[378,1538,1539],{},"Lower left (38):"," your ability to share your views and your emotions with the world around you.",[375,1542,1543,1546],{},[378,1544,1545],{},"Lower right (48):"," your ability to fit into the physical world and to be well grounded.",[316,1548,1549,1550,1056],{},"More broadly, the right side is linked to the masculine principle (action, logic, direction) and the left to the feminine principle (feeling, receiving, intuition). See the guide to the ",[320,1551,1172],{"href":1171},[311,1553,519],{"id":518},[316,1555,1556],{},"A painful or infected wisdom tooth needs a dentist. Alongside that, the emotional perspective asks where you are still waiting to come through.",[372,1558,1559,1565,1571,1577,1583],{},[375,1560,1561,1564],{},[378,1562,1563],{},"Take your place."," Choose one situation where you will speak, act or decide instead of shrinking back.",[375,1566,1567,1570],{},[378,1568,1569],{},"Trust yourself."," Notice the moments when you wait for someone else's approval, and try deciding on your own.",[375,1572,1573,1576],{},[378,1574,1575],{},"Stop hiding to please."," What you dislike about yourself can be looked at kindly, instead of kept out of sight.",[375,1578,1579,1582],{},[378,1580,1581],{},"Let nature take its course."," Growth has its own rhythm. You can open up to change without forcing it.",[375,1584,1585,1588],{},[378,1586,1587],{},"Build solid foundations."," Ask what you want your life to rest on now, and take one step towards it.",{"title":562,"searchDepth":18,"depth":18,"links":1590},[1591,1592,1596,1597],{"id":1470,"depth":18,"text":1471},{"id":1491,"depth":18,"text":1492,"children":1593},[1594,1595],{"id":1498,"depth":25,"text":1499},{"id":1505,"depth":25,"text":1506},{"id":1164,"depth":18,"text":1165},{"id":518,"depth":18,"text":519},"The emotional and spiritual meaning of wisdom teeth: an impacted tooth and taking your place, your autonomy, and what each of the four may stand for.",[],[1601,1604],{"name":1602,"url":1603},"NHS: Wisdom tooth removal","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nhs.uk\u002Ftests-and-treatments\u002Fwisdom-tooth-removal\u002F",{"name":1605,"url":1606},"MedlinePlus: Impacted tooth","https:\u002F\u002Fmedlineplus.gov\u002Fency\u002Farticle\u002F001057.htm",{},"\u002Fconditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fwisdom-teeth",[1610,1611,1612,1613,1614,1615],"Where in my life am I not taking all the room that is mine?","Do I trust myself to stand on my own, or do I keep waiting for permission?","What do I hide about myself so that others will like me?","Am I afraid of not fitting in, or of being rejected?","Do I find it hard to share my views and feelings with the world around me?","Which solid base do I want to build my life on now?",[987,600,327],[1618,1619],"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FWisdom_tooth","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wikidata.org\u002Fwiki\u002FQ202517",{"title":1457,"description":1598},"Wisdom Teeth Spiritual Meaning: Impacted, Left vs Right",[1623,1626,1628,1631],{"author":609,"work":610,"entries":1624,"pages":1625},[1465],"137–138",{"author":609,"work":610,"entries":1627,"pages":617},[616],{"author":609,"work":610,"entries":1629,"pages":1285},[1630],"Masculin (principe…)",{"author":609,"work":610,"entries":1632,"pages":1289},[1633],"Féminin (principe…)","conditions\u002Fmouth-and-teeth\u002Fwisdom-teeth","Spiritually, wisdom teeth are often linked to the autonomy and wisdom you gain with the years. An impacted wisdom tooth, one that will not come through and take its place, may reflect a reluctance to take all the room that is yours and to trust yourself.","If this reading resonates with you, choosing one place in your life where you will take a little more room this week, a meeting, a conversation, a decision, can be a good next step.",[625,1638,1639,1640,1641,1642],"Autonomy","Self-trust","Wisdom","Fitting into the world","Being grounded",[1644,1645,1646,1647,1648,1649,1650],"Pain, swelling or a bad taste around a wisdom tooth, which can be an infection of the gum (pericoronitis). See a dentist.","Swelling of the face or neck with fever, or swelling that spreads. Get urgent dental care.","Difficulty breathing or swallowing, or swelling that spreads to the eye or under the tongue. Go to A&E or call emergency services.","Not being able to open your mouth properly because of pain or swelling.","After a wisdom tooth is taken out, pain that gets worse after 2 to 3 days, which can be a dry socket, or bleeding that does not stop with pressure.","Numbness of the lip, chin or tongue that lasts after a removal. Tell your dentist or surgeon.","Whether to remove a wisdom tooth is a decision for you and your dentist, not something to delay or force because of an emotional reading.","U8XnFyon9uOcm6Sqg2zUwy0V1mjbA7qngtyvePdblOs",[],[1654],{"path":581,"title":1655,"description":1656,"category":1657,"readingTime":84},"Spiritual meaning of pain in body parts: a head-to-toe guide","What pain in each part of the body may mean spiritually, from headaches to heel pain, with the left and right sides and a quick map to every page.","symptoms",1791298684212]