"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
...
> This morning I managed to dislodge a troublesome flake
> that lodged in the line between my first molar and the
> gums. I've been trying for three days to get rid of it.
> Managed to draw some blood and pain, but I couldn't get
> rid of it until this morning.
>
> This has happened several times before from popcorn
> hulls. Drives me crazy. But I didn't remember eating
> any popcorn recently. I eat a lot of corn, but that's
> canned corn and entirely soft (except when a bit of cob
> is encountered).
>
> I examined this flake, and it was not a popcorn hull.
> It was completely black. I don't know what it was,
> though I'd guess it originated in a ground spice in
> something I ate.

Waterpic.

Dimitri