meswak meswak meswak (also referred to as miswak) is a fluoride-free toothpaste brand that was launched in india by balsara hygiene in 1998. the toothpaste is marketed as a herbal toothpaste as it is made from extracts of the salvadora persica plant. the teeth cleaning twig of the plant is reputed to have been used over 7,000 years ago. for the teeth-cleaning twig from the same plant, see miswak. meswakmeswak herbal toothpaste manufactured in middle eastproduct typedental productsownerdaburintroduced1998 (1998)related brandsbabool and promiseprevious ownersbalsara hygiene products limitedambassador(s)bipasha basuwebsitehttps://www.daburdentalcare.com/meswak/ the brand was relatively unknown until a television advertising campaign during the 1998 coca-cola cup spread brand awareness. in 2005, meswak was sold by balsara to dabur along with other balsara toothpaste brands babool and promise in a ₹1.43 billion (us$18 million) deal. as of 2007, the meswak brand was valued at ₹200 million (us$2.5 million). in 2011, dabur announced that bipasha basu would be meswak's brand ambassador.