The invention provides a composition capable of exerting an excellent whitening effect and imparting gloss to teeth.A method for removing a solid product formed on surfaces of teeth, the method containing applying an oral composition to teeth, wherein the oral composition contains 0.05 to 18% by weight of phytic acid or a salt thereof, and contains no polyvalent cation or contains a polyvalent cation in an amount of less than 0.1 fold mol relative to phytic acid, and wherein the oral composition, as diluted with water to 30% by weight, has a pH of 5.5 to 6.5.