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What Causes Sore Throat And Bad Taste In Mouth After Teeth Cleaning?

I had my teeth cleaned 31 days ago, ever since I have had a sever throat that is now affecting my voice and bad taste in my mouth and tingling burning tongue. He also used a topical benzocaine 20% liquid on my gums. The liquid dripped down my throat .

Katherine
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi

Thanks for writing in.

As such there is no such relation between sore throat & cleaning.It might be due to benzocaine dripping in throat.In case you have bad taste use 0.2% chlorhex mouth wash once daily.
Visit your dentist for further opinion.

Regards
Dr. Neha Sumra
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What Causes Sore Throat And Bad Taste In Mouth After Teeth Cleaning?

Hi Thanks for writing in. As such there is no such relation between sore throat & cleaning.It might be due to benzocaine dripping in throat.In case you have bad taste use 0.2% chlorhex mouth wash once daily. Visit your dentist for further opinion. Regards Dr. Neha Sumra