| CPC A61K 8/25 (2013.01) [A61K 8/022 (2013.01); A61K 8/0241 (2013.01); A61K 8/0245 (2013.01); A61K 8/0258 (2013.01); A61K 8/19 (2013.01); A61K 8/466 (2013.01); A61Q 11/00 (2013.01); C01B 33/18 (2013.01); C03C 15/00 (2013.01); C03C 17/22 (2013.01); C03C 17/23 (2013.01); C09C 1/3054 (2013.01); C09K 3/1436 (2013.01); C09K 3/1445 (2013.01); A61K 2800/28 (2013.01); A61K 2800/621 (2013.01); A61K 2800/651 (2013.01); A61K 2800/92 (2013.01); C01P 2004/61 (2013.01); C01P 2004/84 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |

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1. An oral care composition comprising:
core shell silica particles, wherein each core shell silica particle comprises a silica core and a surface of the silica core etched with group I metal silicate, wherein the core shell silica particles have a d(0.5) value that is less than the mean diameter of a human dentin tubule;
an orally acceptable carrier; and
a source of fluoride ions.
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