gums dreams

last night in my dream a front tooth broke off, painfully and scarily, and i looked at it and it looked kind of like a corn kernel, rotten inside

and i freaked out and flailed and asked the people i was with to take me somewhere, but what to do?!?! the doctor?!?! the dentist?! the hospital? the dentist made us wait and wait i think, or was just a possibility that he (he he) would

and then my gums came out in plates kind of, first the front row, then the top sides, then the rows on the bottom, dark and bloody plates of my teeth, my mouth even felt sore and stung a little and i tasted the blood taste and freaked as i held plates (??) of teeth in my hand

and the doctor or dentist or whoever said "aha, your teeth are breaking and coming out because you fear decay. you fear the decay of your body, and here are your bloody gums!"
i had to manage them, put them back in and eat with them, like dentures, but it hurt, pretty nerve-wracking too, and also i was at a resort or in a social situation, at a constant party maybe, for this half of my dreams

when i woke up i was sure it was still true and was so resigned to dealing with it, my bloody plate-gums