Bad taste in my mouth after wisdom teeth?

Question

I got my wisdom teeth pulled a week ago, and everything was going fine but about 2 or 3 days ago I started to get this nasty taste in my mouth every once in a while. Not like something was rotting, but more like something bitter. Like the taste of novacaine or acrylic or something along those lines. I went to my dentist to get the stitches out today and they said everything was fine, except I had some food stuck the area but they cleaned it out and told me to just use the syringe, etc. I still have the taste in my mouth though. Will it go away after I use the syringe for a couple days? What should I do?

Answer 1

Use the syringe and hope it works.

It could be the taste of blood if there is still bleeding.

Answer 2

Actually they were drilled out of the bone, but this will apply to you as well, and hopefully help you. So keep reading.

Some soreness is to be expected for several days to a week or so. It just depends on the condition of the teeth that were extracted. Some people feel better the first day if the teeth were mobile and had been hurting from the movement. Some may have had surgery to remove them from the bone and take longer to heal. So here is some standard advice for extractions. To be safest and relieve any doubt that you may have, just call your dentist or surgeon, they will be happy to help you.

Here are some tips: Try to rinse 3-4 times a day with really warm salt water. Use care when brushing so you don't brush that area. Also with these being back teeth, you need to exercise your jaw. Try stretching your mouth open and close over and over, getting a little wider each time but don't force yourself. This really helps with the pain and soreness you may experience from holding your mouth open during the extractions and their removal from the surrounding bone. Avoid hard or crunchy food for a week or so until you can tell the tissue is healed over.

Now sometimes it's not normal to have pain. I can't look to see, and don't know how difficult the extractions were, so I'm just going on what you have described. But occasionally the tissue becomes infected or it doesn't clot over and develops a dry socket. You can usually tell this if it becomes painful, swollen, fowl smell and taste in your mouth. If this is the case you will need to go back to the Dentist to have the area cleaned out and packed off. He will also place you on antibiotics, pain med's and advise you to take Advil or Motrin.

Hope I've been of some help here, good luck!