denture cleansers

Persulfates are used in most denture cleansers as part of the cleaning and bleaching process.

Never chew, swallow, or gargle with denture cleansers.

Use denture cleansers?

The FDA says it's received 73 reports of allergic reactions, including at least one death, linked to denture cleansers.

A growing number of marketers of products as disparate as cereals, denture cleansers and sunscreen lotions are introducing versions of their brands that offer triple the ingredients, protection or size.

Some of the reported allergic reactions happened when patients misused denture cleansers by gargling with or swallowing the products, which caused abdominal pain, vomiting, seizures, low blood pressure (hypotension), and difficulty breathing.

The FDA is asking makers of denture cleansers to change their products' labels to make it clear that the products are designed to clean dentures in a container - not in the mouth - and to consider using alternatives to persulfates.