He was brushing his tongue with his head tilted back when the toothbrush went down. It was a full-sized adult manual toothbrush, 20 centimeters long. He was 32, had no significant medical or psychiatric history, and felt nothing at all afterward.
Three months later, he went to a health facility, was told he needed imaging, and left before anyone completed the evaluation. He then went about his life for close to three years with the toothbrush still inside him.
