Hi Bryanna,

Well it's now 2 months since my extraction and the bad taste still persists, though more intermittently than before. I have been back to my dentist yet again, who still could find no problem with the now fully closed extraction site and suggested I contact my ENT dr. regarding a sinus communication (though this was not likely due to my symptoms) or any non dental issues as I do suffer from chronic sinus problems anyway.

As I'd only seen the ENT dr. a few weeks ago for a check up ( a couple of weeks after the extraction when the bad taste hadn't appeared yet) I called him to discuss the situation. He too said that as I was fine when I saw him, and that as there was only very non-specific symptom of a bad taste now with no other symptoms, he would advise a "wait and see" approach and suggested a CT scan of the area only if other symptoms developed.

Over the last week or so, I had been having some issues with sore gums on the same side of the mouth as the bad taste and the dentist prescribed some alcohol free, chlorhexidine mouth rinse to try and ease this. I've been using this twice a day for the last few days, making sure to floss carefully and brush the gum line gently but well. The gums have improved - all except one spot on the outside gum over the last molar (beside the extraction site) which is sore/tender when brushed or touched but doesn't hurt otherwise.

I'm now wondering if this is in fact where the taste is coming from? The tooth itself is not sore, just the gum. After my wisdom tooth was taken out, I was very nervous about brushing round the area beside it - could there be a plaque build up causing some problems here? Or do I have another problematic tooth starting?

Apologies for all the questions Bryanna, but I'm starting to feel like it's all in my head, as neither dentist nor ENT can suggest what to do next to resolve this. Dentist said to go back if the gums were still sore, but at this stage I'm at a loss as to what to say as they can see no problems every time they check and I feel like I'm just being a nuisance.

Thanks for all your help so far, everything seemed fine before this extraction and I really just want to resolve all this and put it behind me