I went to the dentist this morning.

I went to the dentist this morning. I have been having pain behind my back right lower tooth.

I was pretty sure I got some food (probably popcorn) stuck between my gum and back tooth. Over the last 2 weeks I tried flossing it out several times. I took my metal hook tooth stick and tried to scrape below the gum line to get it.

I feel like all I managed to do was make it worse. The gum started swelling and pulling away from the tooth and hurting more.

I went to see my dentist and he blasted it out. It already feels much better. I knew there was something there that I couldn't get to.

I've honestly never had this happen before, in all of my years of eating. That's crazy.