Friday Photo: Toothpaste from Tehran
A colleague passed along the following tube of Iranian toothpaste, hilariously designed to look like Crest: Photo by Travis Daub for FP “Improve your dental hygiene,” it reads on the front. “For long lasting tooth.” On the back, it explains that Crend “helps your dentist to fight against tooth decay and cavity. Crend can help ...
A colleague passed along the following tube of Iranian toothpaste, hilariously designed to look like Crest:
A colleague passed along the following tube of Iranian toothpaste, hilariously designed to look like Crest:
“Improve your dental hygiene,” it reads on the front. “For long lasting tooth.”
On the back, it explains that Crend “helps your dentist to fight against tooth decay and cavity. Crend can help improve your oral hygiene significantly.” The sodium flouride content is 0.32 percent.
Blake Hounshell is a former managing editor of Foreign Policy.
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