Who owns Clean Dental?
Clean Dental is owned by Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare (Japan).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare: History (沿革), Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare Co., Ltd. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1985
- Category
- Personal care & beauty › Oral care › Toothpaste & toothbrushes
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Clean Dental
Medicated toothpaste launched in 1985 aimed at preventing periodontal disease and caring for the whole mouth. It contains ten medicinal ingredients, which the company says gives it a distinctive taste that people get used to within about three days. It is sold as a quasi-drug in Japan.
Ownership timeline of Clean Dental
- Current owner Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare [1] reported
Where Clean Dental sits in Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare
Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in personal care & beauty.
Also in personal care & beauty
Founded in the 1980s
- Loxonin (1986)
Other brands in toothpaste & toothbrushes, and who owns them
The 42 brands in toothpaste & toothbrushes on Brandtree belong to 23 owners. The largest is Colgate-Palmolive, with 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Colgate | Colgate-Palmolive | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Desensin | Dentaid | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| Close-Up | Unilever | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Parodontax | Haleon | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Pepsodent (United States) | Church & Dwight | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bioniq | Dr. Wolff Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| CLINICA | Lion | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Elgydium | Pierre Fabre | 🇫🇷 France |
About the owner: Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare
Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare is a privately held company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 2005. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control.
Japanese self-care and over-the-counter health company, incorporated on 16 December 2005 and trading from 2006, when the healthcare businesses of Sankyo and Daiichi Seiyaku were combined. Zepharma joined in 2007. Its head office is in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, and it reported sales of 90.7 billion yen for the year to March 2026. Its site is in Japanese only; the brands below come from its launch history and brand list.
Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇯🇵 Clean Dental and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 437 brands that began in Japan. 21 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Clean Dental is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Clean Dental?
The parent company of Clean Dental is Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare, a privately held company headquartered in Japan.
Is Clean Dental Japanese?
Yes. Clean Dental originated in Japan in 1985 and its owner, Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Clean Dental still owned by Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Clean Dental is still owned by Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare: History (沿革) — Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare Co., Ltd., Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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