Is Denture Adhesive Poisonous?

by Alliance Claim Funding, LLC
(New York, NY)

Several news reports recently indicate there is a real question about the safety of using certain dental adhesives like Fixodent. In fact, according to a story from KCRA in Sacramento a class action lawsuit has been filed by attorney Clayeo Arnold with clients from across the country, claiming Zinc in denture adhesive has poisoned dozens of people, ruining their nervous systems forever. Arnold said, “Our clients are in walkers, they’re in wheelchairs, places they never thought they would be,” said Arnold. “We have three clients that have passed away since we started litigating.”

Arnold goes on to say that until this lawsuit, Fixodent did not list the ingredient Zinc as an ingredient and consumers did not know they were ingesting the ingredient, or how much Zinc they were ingesting. The report also indicates Procter & Gamble would not comment, but a representative for Fixodent sent the following statement via email.

“The amount of zinc an average denture adhesive user would ingest from daily usage of Fixodent is less than the amount of zinc in most daily multi-vitamins and comparable to 6 oz. ground beef,” representative Tricia Gottlieb indicated.

However, in statements provided by Arnold’s law firm, plaintiffs said they have lost the use of their legs and suffered irreparable damage to their nervous system.

Fixodent is not the only denture adhesive Arnold has named in his lawsuit, his firm also took the owners and makers of SuperPoligrip, GlaxoSmithKline to court for the same reasons.

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