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By "this" I think you may be referring to the Zinc used in many denture creams. If so, the answer is decidedly yes. Zinc containing denture creams have recently been linked to very serious disorders such as peripheral neuropathy, a serious form of nerve damage. The law article below discusses the connection between denture cream and peripheral neuropathy in more detail and discusses side effects.

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