You Were Supposed To Be The Chosen One!

So if you remember last month, I had some sort of concerning issue with something stuck in my tooth and I had no idea what it was and was worried I had a chipped tooth?

Well, yesterday I was at the pool before an aqua fitness class and there was something in my tooth under a wire.  Now to clarify, since I was a teen, I've had a "wire" along the inside of my bottom teeth as I had a tooth that apparently wanted to go sideways so they glued this metal thing in and it's been there ever since.  My version of a permanent brace(s) I guess?  I'm sure it has a proper name, I just have no idea what that name is.

So I feel this thing stuck in one corner and I'm like "what is this?" because I hadn't eaten yet that morning and I had brushed and flossed last night so how did I not notice food stuck in there at bed last night?!

I figured, again, that it was likely a popcorn kernel as it was hard to the touch and pretty stubborn but it had been more than a few days since I'd had any popcorn and I do think I do a decent job of cleaning and flossing so how had I missed this for that many days.  I tried to get the thing out as I knew that now that I'd noticed it I'd not be able to ignore it for the entire class, my tongue for sure would just "play" with it all class and that didn't seem appealing, but I also wasn't sure how to get this thing out and it felt weird to be hauling my finger around my mouth in public.... but priorities I guess.

I'm happy to report that at some point I got the thing un-lodged and then I stared at it on my finger for a moment before I disposed of it.  Well, shit, was it part of a tooth?  I don't think so.  It was maybe a slice of fingernail but I haven't really bitten my nails since I was a kid and I didn't that morning so... hmmm.  But I got rid of it and went in to the pool and it took a few minutes of NOT actively thinking about it (thanks for that brain) but at some point my brain went "IT'S A BRISTLE FROM YOUR AUTOMATIC TOOTHBRUSH!" and while I wasn't able to retrieve the item to confirm this I'm pretty darn sure that this is in fact what it was and maybe even what the other thing was last month and now I'm wondering how many tooth brush bristles have gotten stuck in my teeth without me knowing and do I maybe have a bad "brush head" right now or something?

I mean it's a relief that it's not a sliver of tooth or something horrible but thinking of my toothbrush shoving bristles randomly into places it's *supposed* to be cleaning is still a rather puzzling thought!