Patent ID: 8642017

Claim:
A method of applying a liquid cleaner to the surface of the tongue to clean the tongue comprising: obtaining an oral cleaner comprising water, poloxamer 407 as a foaming agent, a sweetener, a flavoring agent, an antimicrobial agent, a preservative, and a coloring agent, wherein the oral cleaner is in liquid form prior to being dispensed from a container, converts to a foam while being dispensed, and returns to a liquid upon being placed on the tongue, the oral cleaner further containing a biologically active enzyme for breaking down material contained within the grooves in the surface of the tongue, the biologically active enzyme comprising one or more enzymes selected from the group consisting of lysozyme, amylase, amylglucosidase, glucoxidase, serrapeptase, papain, and lactoferrin; dispensing the oral cleaner onto a cleaning surface of a tongue cleaning device in a manner to foam the oral cleaner on the cleaning surface of the tongue cleaning device; applying the foamed oral cleaner on the surface of the tongue to cause the foamed oral cleaner to reduce to a liquid form upon contacting the surface of the tongue and flow into the grooves in the surface of the tongue thereby enhancing contact between the oral cleaner and material contained within the grooves; brushing the surface of the tongue using a tongue brush of the tongue cleaning device to dislodge and loosen material from within the grooves in the surface of the tongue; and scraping the surface of the tongue using a tongue scraper of the tongue cleaning device to scrape dislodged and loosened material from the surface of the tongue.