Nevertheless, there are only a few reports of prevention-oriented programmes targeting firsttime mothers who have no previous experience with rearing of a child. In their studies to reduce the salivary Streptococcus mutans count Ko¨hler et al.
(24–26) repeatedly targeted first time mothers and their first-born children to assess the effect of interventions with positive results. It has recently been reported that first-time mothers are more receptive to health promotion interventions than
mothers in general (27).