Book excerpt: Learn how to interpret the metaphysical messages of your teeth and gum symptoms! This clear and comprehensive guide teaches you a unique, complementary self-help approach to easing toothaches, enhancing enamel and gum remineralization and getting better results with necessary dental treatments. Have you ever wondered whether there's more to oral health than regular brushing or avoiding sugar? Or whether there's an emotional or spiritual meaning to tooth decay or gum recession? Or why dental problems sometimes rise and fall with stress? Natural oral health coach, Meliors Simms, has explored such questions with hundreds of people to help them achieve better dental outcomes. Now, she unpacks the oral effects of generational trauma, adverse experiences, and adaptive emotional patterns to reveal an effective, complementary approach to oral health. The Secret Lives of Teeth offers fascinating perspectives on including: -A unique system of Tooth Archetypes to explain each individual tooth’s emotional vulnerabilities -Energetic interpretations for abscesses, bruxism, cavities, gingivitis, plaque, receding gums and other symptoms -Metaphysical self-help exercises to help you relieve not only symptoms but also feelings of shame and fear about your oral health. Discover an exciting new way to respond to teeth and gum problems!