Had 5 teeth, gum, and bone shaving yesterday. Lost both implants that I still owe on. Really swollen, but using ice pack. They said 3 teeth were to go 2 weeks ago, told me they were going with 4 pre-op, but opted for all 5 along my right side that I was informed post-op. Lovely.

Question - They sewed in a bolster (or 2) with meds and ???, that still has me numb. What exactly is a bolster? What is involved with their removal?

With all the extra extractions and gum excised, I pray they'll get good clean margins when I go back on Tuesday.

Anybody have an idea of how they might reconstruct 5 teeth with nothing to anchor to??