Patent ID: 8632636

Claim:
A method for cleaning a removable dental appliance, said method comprising wiping the removable dental appliance with a wet wiper comprising: a. a water insoluble substrate; and b. a physiologically acceptable cleansing composition, said cleansing composition comprising: (i) a liquid carrier consisting essentially of a solution of water and ethyl alcohol, wherein said ethyl alcohol is about 3% to about 90% by weight of said cleansing composition and wherein said water is up to about 97% by weight of said cleaning composition; (ii) about 0.001% to about 5% by weight of said cleansing composition of a flavor; (iii) 0 to about 5% by weight of said cleansing composition of an anionic surfactant; (iv) 0 to about 5% by weight of said cleansing composition of a nonionic surfactant; (v) 0 to about 5% by weight of said cleansing composition of a suds suppressor; (vi) 0 to about 2% by weight of said cleansing composition of a zinc salt; (vii) 0 to about 3% by weight of said cleansing composition of a chelant; (viii) 0 to about 5% by weight of said cleansing composition of a buffering agent; (ix) 0 to about 5% by weight of said cleansing composition of an antimicrobial, antiplaque agent; (x) 0 to about 5% by weight of said cleansing composition of an anticalculus agent; (xi) 0 to about 30% by weight of said cleansing composition of a humectant; (xii) 0 to about 5% by weight of said cleansing composition of a preservative; (xiii) 0 to about 2% by weight of said cleansing composition of a sweetener; and (xiv) 0 to about 2% by weight of said cleansing composition of a water soluble polymer; wherein said cleansing composition has a pH of from about 3.0 to about 13.0 and is loaded onto said substrate at a loading factor of at least about 0.5 grams of composition per gram of dry substrate so that said substrate is wet by said composition.