Recently quit smoking and wondering why i have a metal taste in my mouth?

A thought: The taste may always have been there, but the smoking may have been masking it. If you have mercury amalgam fillings, you may want to have them removed by an accredited member of the international academy of oral medicine & toxicology ... www.iaomt.org.

Changes: Did you start chewing gum, take any meds, use the patch, or alter your diet? A food diary may help.

Learning to Taste : Congratulations on quitting! smoking tobacco greatly diminishes the ability to taste well, and the tars and oils disturb the normal bacterial flora in the mouth. You are now in an adaptive period when your body is getting used to not having the by products of smoke influencing the way the senses respond. In the absence of any other factors like drugs or chewing gum, i think the answer lies here. Dr neil mcleod dds dentistry that lasts - quality that counts.

Amalgams: You should see your dentist , sometimes amalgam fillings when breaking apart give a metallic taste.

Chemicals: Cigarettes have a lot of chemicals to make them burn, addictive and taste good. Cigarettes change buffering properties of saliva. These factors may have caused that metallic taste.