Kalodont
{{Short description|Toothpaste brand}}
{{for|the word game|Kaladont}}
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Kalodont is a toothpaste brand by Croatian manufacturer Saponia, based in Osijek.{{Cite web |last=HT |date=12 November 2012 |title=Kada brend postane eponim – pasta za zube ili Kalodont? |url=https://www.poslovni.hr/lifestyle/kada-brend-postane-eponim-pasta-za-zube-ili-kalodont-272611 |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=Poslovni savjetnik |language=hr}}
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.{{cite book |last1=Kiaer |first1=Christina |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7SBTUPKGxwYC&pg=PA148 |title=Everyday life in early Soviet Russia: taking the Revolution inside |last2=Naiman |first2=Eric |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-253-21792-9 |page=148 |accessdate=2011-09-04}} Production, at the time based in Yugoslavia, ceased in 1981,{{cite news |date=2011-01-20 |title=Zubne paste - kozmetika i higijena |trans-title=Toothpaste - Cosmetics and hygiene |url=http://www.poslovni.hr/vijesti/zubne-paste--kozmetika-i-higijena-169730.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919113326/http://www.poslovni.hr/vijesti/zubne-paste--kozmetika-i-higijena-169730.aspx |archive-date=19 September 2011 |accessdate=2011-09-04 |newspaper=Poslovni dnevnik |language=Croatian}} but the product returned to the market in 2012, as Saponia attempted to revitalize its old brands.{{Cite web|date=2012-11-12|title=Nakon 20 godina Kalodont se vraća na tržište|url=https://www.poslovni-savjetnik.com/superprodavac/nakon-20-godina-kalodont-se-vraca-na-trziste|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Poslovni savjetnik|language=hr}}
Aside from being a toothpaste brand, the name is used for a popular South Slavic word game.