Smile for Life Blog » twisted teeth http://www.smileforlife.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:52:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 Can sucking a dummy affect teeth development? What age should you stop? http://www.smileforlife.com/blog/can-sucking-a-dummy-affect-teeth-development-what-age-should-you-stop http://www.smileforlife.com/blog/can-sucking-a-dummy-affect-teeth-development-what-age-should-you-stop#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:03:03 +0000 Dr George Kirtley http://www.smileforlife.com/blog/can-sucking-a-dummy-affect-teeth-development-what-age-should-you-stop/
Q.
My daughter, aged two, still sucks dummy. I am now getting her to stop. I just wanted to ask at what age a child should stop sucking a dummy? This can have a negative effect on teeth development, can it not?

A.
Yes, sucking a dummy can alter the arch development and cause the teeth to come in more crooked.  I think that if you can stop her now you will be just in time.

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