I am writing a review about Fixodent Denture Cream, through the personal experiences of my nan and not my own, as I am not (obviously) a denture wearer myself yet! I feel I have to share this with you, as nan's experience with this product has not been a positive one.

She got hair permed recently but was moaning that her teeth weren't "fitting" properly, like they used to. Mum thinks her gums have shrunk a bit and her dentures are rubbing her gums and causing her some irritation. Nan sometimes uses a cream to fix her dentures from Tesco but she only fixes them if she's 'going out' somewhere special and she generally doesn't bother if she's just sitting in the house all day. As she's been housebound now for a few months, she's just been popping in her dentures and not bothering to use her fixative cream, but as she's now going out with her mates, she's started to want to use her denture cream again, so that her teeth stay in place and don't pop out and embarrass her.

I've never actually seen anyone use this stuff before, so the day nan was getting ready to go out, I was engrossed as I watched her use it for the first time. First, she took her clean, dry teeth and then put little plops all around the plate and a few more for good measure. She then put her upper and lower plates into her mouth and pressed them into place. She said she had to wait for a few minutes before she could eat or drink anything hot as this might make the adhesive not work as well as it should. She waited for the right amount of time and as it was only about 4 o'clock in the afternoon and she wasn't going out till about seven, she had plenty of time.

Nan wasn't happy and she removed her teeth and set about re-doing them again, but this time using less paste. She washed and dried her teeth, applied the paste (only less this time) and popped them into place. Sure enough, about half an hour later the same thing happened again. This stuff is supposed to act like an adhesive and 'grip' your dentures to your gums and also the box and tube states it's supposed to work at keeping your teeth in place between eight to twelve hours. Nan's teeth were sliding around inside her mouth and the pink paste was still coming out in little bits inside her mouth and she said it was making her feel a bit sick. I felt really sorry for her and as it was too late to go out to buy a different brand, nan just said she'd be okay and go to Bingo without any denture cream at all.

Meantime, nan says she'll be sticking to her tried and tested Tesco dental adhesive and giving Fixodent Denture Adhesive Cream a very wide berth!!