I recently had something to eat that I SUSPECT had a bit of aluminum foil in it…fallen in, accidently, of course. I told my friend about it and he said there was no way any type of foil could have gotten into it, yet I found something he put into the soup (Corn chips), and they came in a metal foil bag that he ripped open. He still insists there’s no way any of the bag could have gotten in the soup but I am sure I felt the distinct feeling of what that very unpleasant feeling is when you get some tinfoil in your mouth and against a tooth filling. I tried explaining this to him since that feeling is unmistakable…but he didn’t know what I was talking about.
And me, I didn’t know how to explain it any better since I don’t know exactly what causes it or even why it happens.
So here’s my question. What is it with tooth fillings and tinfoil? Why does it hurt so much? And it’s not even like a contact pain, it’s like an invisible pain, like two magnents that meet and don’t like each other and are pushed away, that’s what it feels like in your mouth, only with a lot of pain. What is this? Why does it happen? And could part of the bag, maybe a tiny sliver gotten into the soup?
Inquiring minds want to know.