Is swallowing pieces of plastic from night guard for grinding teeth dangerous?
No. Anything tiny and non-toxic that is small enough to be ground off a guard by teeth activity, if undigestable, will pass harmless through your GI tract and be eliminated in your stool. Don't give it a second thought.
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