Hi thank you for your words of guidance. Originally I was told this was going to be done by the "oral surgeon" but on the day it was the General dentist. No Alveoplasty was preformed. After the 2.5 hours of yanking I my "upper and lower" dentures were filled with some goop and shoved in my mouth and I was sent home, with NO instructions. I've never had a partial. I went back after 2 weeks so that the "specialist" could remove a root that the other dentist couldn't, and the next day to remove two stubborn bone spurs. I go back on 10/2 for realignment.