What causes that terribly unpleasant sensation in my mouth if I touch tinfoil (like a gumwrapper or a piece of foil that as gotton broken off in my baked potato) to my metal fillings? I assume it has to do with metal on metal but how does one’s brain interpret it?
Note: people with perfect teeth need not reply.
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it’s caused by a small electric current passing through to the nerve of the tooth. The two different metals have different electrode potentials, hence filling-on-filling produces no effect. The saliva in your mouth acts as an electrolyte.
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not to encourge any youngster out there to try, but ocassionally after smoking a joint i get that metal taste in my mouth(around the teeth that happen to have metal fillings) what the hell is THAT about?
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