It's been about two weeks since I had the last of my scheduled 8 cavities filled (with a tooth-colored filling), and the last few days or so I've noticed a bitter taste on the right side of my mouth (the very same bitter taste I tasted while the very last cavity was being filled), accompanied by a progressively worsening sensitivity to cold liquids centered on my upper right teeth (where at least one filling took place). Sensing something was wrong, I went to the dentist yesterday who took a few x-rays and also conducted a cold test and found the pain was indeed centered on the upper right teeth, and not the lower right as she had suspected from the x-ray. She concluded that her own work on the upper right wasn't the problem - it was my years-older metal fillings on the upper and lower right teeth that needed to come out and be replaced with new white fillings. And if that didn't solve the problem, I probably need a root canal! Why questions are these: Has anyone else experienced these same two symptoms? Why didn't the dentist insist on replacing the metal ones when she was filling my eight other cavities? She seemed to ignore the trouble with the bitter taste, but I'm concerned about it, because I associate it with the last filling she did (I can't remember where in my mouth it was, though). I have been taking much better care of my teeth since the shock of learning I had eight cavities. I've discovered individual flossers that really help keep me on track with flossing each night, so I'd hoped these were the last fillings I'd ever need. I'm just so bummed I have to have more dental work. Can anyone give advice?
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Its called galvanism, its caused by metal fillings, so do composite fillings, ask for them at your dr
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