What research shows
Common before major non-romantic commitments: job changes, house purchases, moves. The ceremony is the mind's nearest image for signing something irreversible.
Actions and situations · one of the most reported
Dreaming about marriage
Commitment as a structure rather than a feeling — often about any binding arrangement, not a wedding..
The psychological reading
Any arrangement you cannot leave casually. The ceremony is the mind's clearest picture of a decision with witnesses.
Measured, not guessed
How many people have this dream
22%
have reported this dream at least once
Roughly
about 1 in 5
Rank among common dreams
well known but not top-tier
Source: Schredl et al., 2004 (n=444).
Figures come from the Typical Dreams Questionnaire, the standard instrument in dream research since 1958. Dream dictionaries almost never cite a number for how common a dream actually is — the research exists, it just does not get quoted.
The version matters
Different ways this dream shows up
Most dream dictionaries give one meaning for the whole symbol. In practice the specific version carries most of the information — losing every tooth and losing one tooth are not the same dream.
How to record a dream, why the feeling matters more than the content, and when recurring nightmares are worth a doctor rather than a dictionary — set out once on the main page.
Before you look anything up
How the dream felt matters more than what was in it. The same image can arrive as comfort or as threat, and that difference tells you more than any entry in a dictionary — including this one.