Kalodont is a toothpaste brand by Croatian manufacturer Saponia, based in Osijek.[1]
The original product was manufactured by F. A. Sarg's Sohn & Co. from Vienna, and sold in Austria-Hungary starting with 1887. It later became widely distributed, in 34 other countries, and obtained a near-monopoly status that caused the word "kalodont" to become synonymous with the word for "tooth paste" in South Slavic languages. It was also advertised and sold in Russia in 1927.[2] Production, at the time based in Yugoslavia, ceased in 1981,[3] but the product returned to the market in 2012, as Saponia attempted to revitalize its old brands.[4]
Aside from being a toothpaste brand, the name is used for a popular South Slavic word game.
See also
- List of toothpaste brands
- Index of oral health and dental articles
- List of defunct consumer brands
References
- HT. Kada brend postane eponim – pasta za zube ili Kalodont? Poslovni savjetnik, 12 November 2012, retrieved 2024-12-25^
- Christina Kiaer, Eric Naiman. Everyday life in early Soviet Russia: taking the Revolution inside Indiana University Press, 2006, retrieved 2011-09-04^
- Zubne paste - kozmetika i higijena