Provided is a dentifrice which exhibits sufficient shape retentivity even when a polymer-based binder is not incorporated, which does not leave a taste or white residues even when the amount of powder incorporated is small, and which has satisfactory dispersibility in the oral cavity and a light feeling of use.A dentifrice containing the following components (A), (B) and (C): (A) 0.1 to 10% by mass of a thickening silica having an oil absorption of 150 to 500 mL/100 g, (B) 0.1 to 8 % by mass of heavy calcium carbonate, and (C) 40 to 70 % by mass of water at a mass ratio (B:A) of the component (B) and the component (A) of 2:1 to 0.5:99.5.