Disclosed are oral care compositions, for example dentifrice compositions, comprising an orally acceptable vehicle, metal oxide particles having an average particle size of no greater than a dentin tubule and a polymeric adherent material for adhering the metal oxide particles in the dentin tubule. The metal oxide particles have a median particle size of 5 microns or less, and may comprise zinc oxide.所揭示者為口腔保健組成物,例如:牙劑組成物,其包含口腔可接受載體、具有平均粒徑不大於齒質小管之金屬氧化物粒子,及用於黏附該金屬氧化物粒子於齒質小管中之聚合物黏著材料。金屬氧化物粒子具有5微米或更低之中值粒徑,並可能包含氧化鋅。