Patent ID: 8518380

Claim:
A prophylactic cleaning product comprising: a squeezable tube having a dispense opening therein and a prophylactic paste for cleaning and polishing contained within the squeezable tube, wherein the paste comprises: as a sole abrasive and polishing body, expanded perlite in the range of about 40 percent by weight to about 55 percent by weight, wherein the expanded perlite comprises perlite powder with a mean grain size in the range of about 20 to about 70 μm and floaters, and the expanded perlite has a Darcy value in the range of about 0.1 to about 3; about 5 percent by weight or less of a surfactant; and greater than 10 percent by weight water, wherein a compressive force in the range of about 10 N to about 20 N applied to the squeezable tube is effective to dispense the prophylactic paste through the dispense opening.