Classic Daily Mail Scare Story!

[SXB1962]

Poligrip Scare

"Long-term excessive use of Poligrip Ultra and Poligrip Total Care could lead to a build-up of zinc in the body which has been linked with neurological problems." (My bold and italics)

"A study of four denture-wearing patients, published in the journal Neurology, found they were suffering from neurological symptoms. All were using about two tubes of the adhesive a week." (My bold)

TWO TUBES A WEEK!

Good grief!!! Two tubes should last about three months!

I shall carrying on using my trusty Poligrip Ultra. Though they are now going to take out the zinc. Damn! It's the zinc that gives it such a lovely taste... er... yeah...

 

[Gummin It]

I seen a commerical on tv about this. Commerical was a lawyer commerical. said to call if you were expericing the symptoms.

Good grief two tubes a week!!! SBX, you are right. A tube should last at least 2 months. Will contiune to use mine also when needed.

 

[soupdragon]

Don't The Daily Mail just love a good scare story!

Like you said,what a hideous amount to be using anyway...isn't nearly everything bad for you in excess???

I'm yet to have the joy of trying an adhesive,but when the time comes I will,knowing that having a lump of clean plastic secured with just a little 'glue' has got to be better than walking around with a mouth full of either infected or heavily filled teeth.

It truly P's me off though when papers(mainly The Mail)make such a huge fuss about these things without adequate scientific evidence to support their case(and basing their story on someone that got through two tubes in a week to me isn't adequate evidence)...no matter how much I try to dismiss it,I know there'll be times that it will come back to haunt me and I'm sure there will be others totally freaked by it.
I know their job is to report news and keep us informed on such matters,but at least they could wait and report facts...by the time the facts come out they've already planted the fear.And we all know,once a fear has taken hold,how hard it is to rid ourselves of it.

 

[Ultracain]

Wow, thats right up there with the amalgam fillings will poison you and root canal therapy is toxic junk I see floating around the internet.