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Do dentists give their children dummies?

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coldandflu · 24/09/2025 18:51

I'm wonderimg if dummies are that bad.

I'm back on the dummy 22 months. It's an ortho one.

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stepmumdramas · 25/09/2025 07:58

My daughter was born 10 weeks early and the hospital encourage dummies for prem babies. It’s also said to reduce the risk of cot death.

Annoyeddd · 25/09/2025 08:07

I didn't use dummies with mine (couldn't be bothered with all that sterilizing) but had two thumb suckers. No orthodontist treatment here.

Reasontoreason · 25/09/2025 08:30

3 kids never really understood the need for dummies. Surely they don’t miss what they never had . My sister is a dentist and she never used dummies on her two DC

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