What will happen if you swallow a gauze?!

What will happen if you swallow a gauze?

I went to the dentist and had a tooth pulled late last night .He told me to keep the hole packed with gauze .I feel asleep with the gauze in my mouth and I swallowed it in my sleep it feels stuck in my throat.What should I do?If I swallow this will be ok then?Ok can any one help


Thanks

was this a cotton based gauze? It'll be digested and pass normally.