This study reveals the presence of a social gradient in the
reported oral-health related behaviours and oral health status
of preschool children. Firstly, the results indicate that plaque
accumulation and caries were observed more frequently in
groups with a lower socio-economic status and that mothers
with a low educational level tended to provide more sugared
in-between drinks to their children, to brush their children’s
teeth less frequently and to delay visiting the dentist with the
child. This is in line with previous research, where lower
versus higher social groups were compared