lactona

The Lactona story began in 1932 in St Paul, Minnesota where the company's founder and first president, Dr. Glenn Millard decided to manufacture the ideal dental tools that he would personally want to use on his patients. He derived the name, Lactona, from the chemical Galactonic Lactone, an ingredient in elementary toothpaste that was sold by Lactona when the company first started. During the 1940’s, Lactona Corp. was in the forefront of a major change in toothbrush handle manufacturing - injection molding – that created the more durable, simpler handles of today. Prior to the advent of nylon filament, the handles featured hog bristles. To this day, Lactona has carried the excellent cleaning capability of the hog bristle into current manufacturing.