Provided is a method for cleaning tooth surfaces including: applying a composition for cleaning tooth surfaces to tooth surfaces, the composition including: 1 to 20% by weight of a casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium phosphate complex and/or a casein phosphopeptide-amorphous calcium fluoride phosphate complex 0.001 to 3% by weight of xylitol and/or sodium saccharin 20 to 80% by weight of a wetting agent 0.1 to 20% by weight of silica whose average particle size is no less than 0.5 μm and no more than 50 μm and water as a main component of a reminder and maintaining a state in which a part of the composition for cleaning tooth surfaces remains in a mouth.