A couple of weeks ago I went to the dentist because the gum behind my very back tooth was hurting. There was a small lump and it was painful and the gum was swollen and pulling away from the tooth.
The dentist blasted something out of the space where the back of my back tooth touched the gum (probably a popcorn kernel). It slowly started to feel better; not completely, but better. However, the lump persisted.
Today the lump felt sharp. I made Shaun look in my mouth, and he saw something. He tweezed this out of my gum. It's hard and sharp. I'm pretty sure it's a tooth fragment that was left behind when I had my bottom wisdom teeth removed... 20-ish years ago. 😳
No wonder my gum was upset. That's a lot going on at once!
I have a follow-up at my dentist after work today. I could've let him tweeze my fragment out, except that I couldn't. There was no way I was gonna be able to leave that alone. 😂
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