The Symbolism of Teeth Teeth represent the ability to grip onto life. As we chew, they reduced food so that we can feed ourselves. Tooth problems mean we can no longer nourish ourselves. If life’s problems are too hard to bite through, the teeth are affected. When we lose teeth, we are giving up the ability to solve our problems. Louise Hay, in her book Heal Your Body, says that teeth represent decisions and are long-standing indecisiveness. They also represent the inability to break down ideas for analysis and decisions. Root canals are associated with, “I can’t bite into anything any more,” or our root beliefs being destroyed. Karol Truman,…