ThinkStock ImagesExcessive amounts of zinc ingestion can lead to health problems; some question why zinc is an ingredient in denture adhesives. While some dental wearers are calling lawyers ...

FDA urges denture cream makers to remove zinc after studies link excessive use of creams containing the mineral to nerve damage.

Doctors diagnosed 41-year-old Marsha Hill with a nerve condition called neuropathy, but couldn't determine the cause. Then Hill saw a News 8 report on the dangers of some denture adhesives.

A class action lawsuit is alleging that Fixodent denture cream can make its users extremely ill. The alleged cause – the product's high zinc levels.

It was not acontrolled clinical study. The authors of the article speculate about a "possibleassociation" between chronic excessive use of zinc-containing denture adhesives andneurologic symptoms.

The makers of Fixodent are being sued over allegations that the popular denture adhesive causes neurological illnesses as a result of containing zinc.