I had a molar extraction with a bone graft. The stitches were removed earlier today and now I have a hole after eating (Photo)

I'm sure that you have dealt with this problem long before reading this, but for anyone experiencing similar problems, I would suggest moving the appointment with the surgeon to an earlier date. The first rule in my practice is "no pain". I learned long ago that people do not like pain and...

Periodontal disease is typically painless. People don't know they have it until diagnosed by a dentist or their teeth get loose and start to fall out.

It looks like it is healing well. I can be a piece of bone graft material trying to work it's way out of the gums. That's normal and can happen within the first few months after having a bone graft placed. 

I suspect that you needed to have that graft redone as the site must have become contaminated with saliva and germs. Let me know how it turned out, please. 

Sounds like the area has certainly become infected by saliva and all the germs contained in the mouth. You will probably need to have the area regrafted. Go see your dentist as soon as possible.

You may have gotten some food or debris trapped in the gums causing the swelling. If you aren't having pain in the bone, the socket and extraction sites are most likely fine. You could have a stitch still in there trapping plaque and causing inflammation. I would suggest you see your dentist to...