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Bone spicules are common after extractions or curretage (sounds like this is what you had). Infection actually destroys/dissolves bone in the jaw. The hard piece or pieces you feel usually work their way out. You can apply Orajel to make it less painful or go back to the dentist to numb you to remove it.
If you have a fever or see/taste infection, return to your dentist.
This is super super helpful.
As of right now it’s just discomfort and slight misshapen inner gums on the lower mandible.
No infections at this point as I am finishing up a weeks round of amoxicillin today.
I feel like I should probably make an appointment just to make sure there’s not irreparable damage as there most definitely was infection at the beginning of this whole thing.
Follow up if it makes you more comfortable. Believe it or not another bitcoiner on Twitter contacted me about this last week after suffering for weeks. It finally worked its way out a few days ago. 
Holy Moses. Went back and they pulled a record breaker out of my gum.
Here it is. 
Whoa that is huge! You had not had a recent tooth extraction prior?
Negative. They made an incision and salt water rinsed it about 4 weeks ago to the day.
Dentist who pulled it out said it’s possible what the first visit did was make room for the piece to move around
He also said that clenching/grinding can cause it and that I do have extra bone in the area.
As a good doctor should he wasn’t so much concerned with the why and only with what I was tasking him to do, remedy my pain.
*sigh* if only more professionals were…professional like that.
Anyway.
YOU! Thank you for you knowledge and recommendations. Happy to have crossed your path and hopefully will again
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So glad it was taken care of and you feel better!
I will say that I highly disagree with you about good doctors only addressing an issue without addressing the why. This is the reason we have a country full of fat patients on a boatload of prescription drugs to take care of their symptoms and not getting them any better.
If you don’t know the cause of a dental issue, it can happen again. My 2 cents from 26 years of experience in private practice.
I wasn’t very clear or direct with my point in that regard; and you are on the mark as far as take a pill to solve it all society.
I guess I meant more like he wasn’t about branching out of the dental / medical field into moral Judgments … still not sure if I’m making sense
Ahh I think I got you. Dentists seem to be particularly bad about shaming people about their situation. I have heard numerous stories over the years where patients were told they needed deep cleanings or fillings before their toothache could be addressed.
Happy to have made that understandable as I’m fairly vocal about the multifaceted decay of modern folk and agree with your previous statement for sure.
They did end up talking me into scheduling a cleaning…insurance I believe covers it completely. I guess it is important to have done but I brush pretty religiously. Don’t floss much tho
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