SmartMouth Oral Health Laboratories (Triumph Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
ManufacturingMissouri, United States11-50 Employees
SmartMouth Oral Health Laboratories, operated by Triumph Pharmaceuticals Inc., manufactures oral care products under the SmartMouth brand. The company was founded in the mid-1990s in St. Louis, Missouri, by Dr. Marvin Cohen, whose work centers on solving halitosis by addressing its underlying causes rather than offering only temporary relief. Cohen’s decades of research on bad breath include authorship of the halitosis section in the Encyclopedia Britannica (1998 Medical Edition), reflecting a scholarly foundation for the business. The firm relies on a patented zinc ion technology developed with Dr. Israel Kleinberg to eliminate and prevent sulfur gases in the mouth, aiming for longer-lasting fresh breath. It is a small to mid-sized U.S. manufacturer of oral hygiene products. In May 2022, the company introduced Mouth Sore Oral Rinse, a zinc-ion-activated formula described as stopping the return of bad breath for up to 24 hours. The portfolio has also included updates to mouthwash offerings and a kids-focused variant launched in 2022, indicating ongoing development within the consumer oral care segment.