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Denture Creams Cause Zinc Poisoning

An August 2008 report of the journal “Neurology” illustrated the cases of four individuals who suffered from neuropathy and symptoms of zinc poisoning and copper deficiency. The study identified that the excess use of dental creams as the cause for zinc poisoning. The researchers were from Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and they found these four individuals had used at least two tubes of denture cream a week, where the normal usage should be a tube of cream for three to ten weeks. The individuals were found to have zinc … [Read more...]