Disgustingly taste in mouth after dental treatment

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Five days ago I had my second lot of root planing by the periodontist.

Since then I've had the most awful taste in my mouth - nothing I do shifts it. It's getting to the point where I'm put off eating as food tastes disgusting.

I had to have three lots of anaesthetic as the bottom set didn't work fully. Could this be a side affect from the anaesthetic?

Any ideas how long till my taste goes back to normal? This didn't happen first time round.

It's gross isn't it have you tried rinsing with salty water that's what I do after the dentist takes the taste away

Have tried everything but salty water - will give it a go.

You need to do it twice a day

I would check with the dentist office. It might be an infection you're tasting.

Do you think it could be? I've had it as soon as the treatment finished - could an infection start that quickly?

It's the stuff they put in for treating a root canal, it tastes disgusting but it will fade! I've had it a few times.

Rinsing twice daily but the taste remains. It seems slightly less strong but nevertheless still disgusting. It's noticeably worse after I've flossed on the side that was treated.

Phone the dentist and they just said to carry on with the salty water.

Did you have a temporary filling? I had one the other day and it's taken a week for the taste to go - I think it's the cloves or whatever they put in when packing the tooth closed. Bloody horrible.

No, no filling - just a deep clean below the gum line.

Just keep doing it if its still there by monday/tueaday phone back the dentist

Will do - it's making wine taste like vinegar and drinking a cup of tea is impossible as it makes me gag. Eurgh.

Fingers crossed it'll improve over the weekend.

The foul taste appears to be dissipating, but now my mouth just tastes really strongly of salt.

Have tried rinses etc but it comes back within minutes :(

Hi there,

Sorry to resurrect such an old post but the exact same thing has happened to me. I had a periodontal clean and scaling a week ago today and the next day I woke up with a mouth flooded with a weird metallic taste. It now appears to be becoming salty, as though I have a mouthful of seawater, even when I'm not drinking or eating.

It's absolutely disgusting and gets so powerful I feel nauseous. I spoke to my friend who is a dentist about possible nerve damage. Like you, I had local anaesthesia on the lower front teeth. According to him, it would be very unlikely to sustain damage to the nerves which supply taste this way. So I'm at a total loss and wondering if this is going to be permanent.

Did yours ever get better, or did you find any coping strategies?

I'd be so grateful if you could let me know!

Thanks

@Ldn9001 yes it did eventually go - I can't remember how long it took - probably only a few days after my last post on this thread.
Hope yours settles soon.

Oh amazing, thank you. I've got my fingers crossed!