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COMMUNITY'S PROBLEMS. GERALD CHRIS LOVINGOOD OUR NEWSROOM. THANK YOU, CHRIS. >> A LOCAL MAN IS RECOVERING TONIGHT AFTER INHALING A DRILL BIT DURING A ROUTINE DENTAL PROCEDURE IN FAYETTEVILLE. VERY BIZARRE STORY. THE DRILL BIT BECAME LOTS IN THE PATIENT'S LONG. HE WAS HAVING A CAVITY FILLED AT THE DENTIST OFFICE OVER A WEEK AGO. TAKE A LOOK AT THESE PHOTOS OF THE RAZOR SHARP DRILL BIT. AND THIS WAS REMOVED WITHOUT SURGERY. DOCTOR MOMENT WHERE HE SAYS THAT THE DENTIST WHO WAS PERFORMING THE WORK REALIZE THE PIECE FELL OFF THE DRILL BUT COULDN'T FIND IN THE PATIENT'S MOUTH AFTER A SCAN, THE DOCTORS SOUGHT LAUNCHING THE MAN'S RIGHT LUNG. >> IT WAS VERY DEEP INSIDE THE SILENCE THAT WE ARE CONCERNED THAT WE MAY NOT BE THAT THIS IS A LOCATION WHERE OUR TOOLS AND OUT WHEN IT'S TIME TO. SO I TOLD THE BASE AND WE MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET IT. BUT WE'VE GOT TO TRY. >> THE DOCTOR WAS ABLE TO GRAB THE DRILL BIT USING A SCOPE.