Wisdom Teeth
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When I had my one removed last year, the operation went well enough, as too the recovery.
About 2½ months later though, I felt this weird sharp projection sticking out from the inside of my gum, toward the tongue.
Over the course of a couple of days it became more prominent and worrying, apparently growing. The morning before I was getting concerned enough to go get it looked at, I awoke and scanned the area with my tongue, at which point it evidently loosed itself.
Turns out it was a tooth shard that had obviously come away and embedded itself in the interior, during the procedure.
It didn't hurt, but I was quite horrified/impressed by the idea of this small sharp piece of me traveling 7mm or so through the side of my gums to work its way out.