Abstract: A dental care system has a base, an oral hygiene instrument removably couplable to the base, and a hygiene pad. The hygiene pad has a top layer formed of a liquid absorbing material, a bottom layer configured to contact a surface on or adjacent the dental care system, and an inner layer adhered between the top and the bottom layers and containing a disinfectant. The hygiene pad is positionable and shaped so as to collect and absorb liquid residue dripping from an oral hygiene instrument.