My dental surgery was post-poned until Thursday, December 28th at 2 p.m. I get the following Friday off. Perfect timing between Christmas and New Year's. I got the 4 prescriptions filled.

I felt no pain during surgery and then had these "gum casts" to wear to protect the area from food and somewhat from infection.

As the gums healed these "casts" became loose so that I could pluck them out. I had a piece of tissue taken from the top-right part of the roof of my mouth (gum cast on the upper inside of my mouth - above).

It was used to replace the tissue on a receding gum on the bottom-right of my mouth (where the cast is placed against my gums/teeth on the bottom-right - below).