Welcome @heatchad. It's encouraging to hear that you've been referred to a facial pain specialist. I'm going to bring @loribmt into this discussion to see if she has any suggestions or experience.

I might suggest as you wait for your appointment with the specialist that you start a journal or taking notes about your symptoms. When did it start? What time of day are the symptoms worse? Are there triggers that make the symptoms worse, i.e., food, activities, stress?

This may help you and the specialist to identify patterns that could help with the diagnosis.

Hi @heatchad, @colleenyoung brought me into this discussion and I see that you’re experiencing mouth pain?

Can you tell me a little more about what you’re feeling? I’m going to ask a few questions that might narrow things down and it might help with your discussion with the surgeon tomorrow…
Where the pain is located? Is it sharp or a dull/ache? A Zapping pain?
On the top or the bottom? In your cheek area or under the tongue, or in the jawbone? Is this in your TMJ area? Both sides or one?
Are your teeth sensitive to hot and cold? Or chewing?
If you bite slowly together, does one tooth touch the opposing tooth first?

I noticed in your next reply, that you had gum graft surgery. It does take a little while to fully recover, that discomfort is localized and shouldn’t be causing any other mouth issues for you and certainly not going on 3 months. It’s awful being so miserable that long.

I echo Colleen in that it’s good you’re seeing a surgeon/pain specialist tomorrow. Will you let me know what they say?

Hey did you ever find help with a diagnosis? I’m having a salty taste with grit from gums which form on teeth melt with tongue and crunchy like coating on mom’s but burns tongue causing ulcers?