Our teeth are a tool with which we bite off and chew the food we need to sustain life. The second function is more pronounced in animals and is intended to protect the territory and the family. The gums hold the tooth in place and prevent it from falling out. The psychosomatic meaning of teeth and gums is the ability to "bite off" something in life, to defend oneself, to have the right to one's opinion.
From the point of view of psychosomatics, a number of ideas that arise in a person from early childhood lead to diseases of the teeth and gums. When a child's teeth begin to erupt, he learns to bite off, chew food, and interact with the world in new ways.
Psychosomatics of caries
Tooth decay is a deep conviction that "I have no right to do this."
For a child, teeth are a new tool that he begins to master gradually. In particular, a base of beliefs is formed that in case of danger or to protect yourself, you can bite or bite off something. If a child cannot defend his boundaries, and is forced to accept that “I have no right to bite anyone,” because it is uncomfortable or painful to another person, tooth decay occurs.
The child experiences his aggressive behavior (biting someone) as a deep inner shock and horror, which is fixed inside the psyche. It is this "horror" that remains with him for life and begins to gradually destroy his teeth. The inability to perform any action due to the fear of "biting someone" leads to tooth decay.
Periodontal disease in psychosomatics
Periodontal disease, like tooth decay, is associated with the idea of getting rid of all teeth that might hurt someone.
With parodontosis, there is a gradual loosening and loss of teeth, the reason for which, from the point of view of psychosomatics, is the inability to defend one's own opinion, to set the boundaries of one's territory, to succeed in some business, to become a winner due to the fact that it can someone “harm ". Therefore, it is better to immediately lose all teeth and know for sure that "I can't hurt anyone else."
People who in early childhood were formed the belief that they have no right to anything, plus a constant feeling of guilt, will have problems not only with their teeth, but also with their gums. The psyche will try to get rid of all the teeth as quickly as possible, so as not to harm someone, not cause inconvenience or anxiety, not try to get something out of life or defend your opinion. Left defenseless (no teeth), a person shows others that he cannot be blamed and that he will not hurt anyone.
Psychosomatic ideas of diseases of teeth and gums
When exposing a tooth and increasing its visible surface, two ideas can exist:
- “I have big teeth and don't try to do something with me, I can stand up for myself”;
- "Spare me quickly from everything for which I can begin to blame myself, causing pain."
In the first case, the exposure of teeth does not always lead to their destruction or the formation of caries, in the second, cervical caries most often begins as a psychological desire to quickly get rid of a tooth, as in the case of periodontal disease.
In cases where a small piece of a tooth breaks off, there may be an idea that someone is claiming something that belongs only to this person, and he cannot resist it. The well-known proverb “to whom you sharpen the tooth” is just about such a situation when a person “sharpens a tooth” on someone, but cannot do anything, then a piece of the tooth can break off.
Children under 5 have a “mother-child” psychological relationship. If problems with teeth begin, you need to look at how this connection influenced the child's ability to defend his boundaries, eat and bite off himself, make his own decisions, not feel guilty and remorse. If adults always decided everything for the child, did not allow him to do something himself, reproached him for something (for example, “give the boy (girl) a toy (candy, apple), you’re not greedy”), he is not able to learn correctly use your teeth. He has no choice but to accept that other people will always decide everything for him, and therefore he simply does not need teeth.
It is important to know that psychosomatics always considers the cause of the disease on an emotional and sensory level, and not on a physiological one. To fully understand the disease of teeth and gums, you need an individual approach in each case. Only a specialist professionally engaged in psychosomatics or psychoanalysis can help to deal with your problem.
