A dental brushing composition including a brushing composition base additionally containing a plurality of microparticles, the particles comprising a core, a coating essentially completely surrounding the core, and two different flavors, a general flavor and an indicator flavor, the general flavor being in the coating and the indicator flavor in the core, the coating being essentially completely soluble under brushing conditions in a desired brushing time. The composition signals when a desired brushing time has been achieved by a noticeable change in flavor.
