Cleaning Oral Care Compositions

An oral care composition comprising a fused silica abrasive and an additional abrasive material.

An oral care composition comprising fused silica, wherein the composition has a PCR at least about 10% greater than the PCR for the same oral care composition that has a precipitated silica substituted for the fused silica;

• wherein the fused silica and the precipitated silica have the same median particle size and are present in the same amount.

A method of cleaning a subject's teeth and oral cavity by using an oral care composition comprising a fused silica abrasive in an orally acceptable carrier, wherein the fused silica abrasive has a median particle size from about 3 microns to about 15 microns, and wherein 90% of the particles have a particle size of about 50 microns or less.