Zinc Dentures Risk: Adhesives Blamed For Nerve Damage

Zinc Dentures Risk: Adhesives Blamed For Nerve Damage

Zinc in denture adhesives has been blamed in dozens of cases of nerve damage, including that of a North Carolina man who says 20 years of using the glues caused him to become disabled.

About 40 million Americans have dentures and use adhesives to secure them, and the products have long been considered benign.

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