Dental attendance and dental health behaviour in children from deprived and non‐deprived areas of Salford, North‐West England

Abstract

Children from deprived wards were reported to have different dental health habits from those from non-deprived wards. They were more likely to be fed NMES in food and drinks at bedtime, begin brushing later in life and brush less frequently and attend the dentist symptomatically. Their parents claimed to have received more dental health advice from the dental team and were more likely to act on that advice.