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Old 01-20-2010, 09:18 AM
humarock humarock is offline
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Default Denture Adhesives and Law Suits due to ZINC????

Okay, so totally new, on day 8, of upper dentures, BEFORE i had the extractions, I went to Walgreens and got Fixodent powder adhesive and Polygrip Creme adhesive and as I was doing some online research AFTER I got the dentures the most SCARY INFORMATION was provided through Google. It appears there is a HUGE law suit being logged against BOTH companies due to ZINC being in BOTH products! I was absolutley taken back that there are SO many litigates and some have used the products for years, some for months and they have all these AWFUL neuropothy issues (spelling?) WHY in the WORLD would these products be ALLOWED to be sold?
And WHY wouldn't our Dentists TELL us about it? I did approach my dentist and he had no answer, which is odd! BUT I think that people should be made aware of this, to do the research and make up their OWN minds on what they want to use, but STILL know about this?

Is there any research that the Dental community is doing regarding this? I would HATE to think that I use these products and then years later or months later, not be able to walk and having all these awful issues with numbness etc.....

So I'm not trying to PANIC anyone, but want to bring it up front so that others are made aware to DO THE RESEARCH before using ANY product!

Hope this helps anyone else as it helped me!
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