Do dummies make their teeth stick out?

[cadelaide]

Ds had one for a loooong time and he has sticky-outy teeth.

Yes they do, my sister's DD has very sticky out teeth and still has her dummy at 2.5.

I have never used them though so probably shouldn't comment...

I never had a dummy but still have sticky out teeth

my brother lived with his dummy util he was about 5 and doesn't

make of that what you will

just wondered whether anyone had come across any scientific evidence, not having much success with google.

DD loved her dummy had it till she was 3 - she has lovely straight little teeth.

DS has never had a dummy in his mouth but he has bigger teeth and they are more goofy.

Maybe its to do with the shape and size of teeth/mouth aswell.

I think that was when they were all cherry teats they have orthodontic ones now which are supposed to stop this afaik.

Yes - it did with my dn but he used his 24/7 until he started school. His teeth are almost at right angles coming out of his gums His speech is badly affected too - even without a dummy, at 5, it still sounds like he has one in his mouth.

I sucked my thumb til I was 8, but only to get to sleep and I needed braces too.

phew.

So i don't need to torture myself then?

oh.

bobsmum, i may have to ignore you!

Yes they do. The orthodontic style ones are better, but anything exerting a prolonged force on the teeth will cause them to move.

It's mostly genetics IMO, although teeth are obviously moveable otherwise braces wouldn't work. Braces really hurt though, I would have thought that if a dummy was having the same effect in moving teeth that it would hurt enough that the child would stop sucking a dummy.

Not a scientific opinion however.

I do think it definately effects their speech though. Ds still has a dummy at 2.4 and his speech is awful compared to his sister's at the same age who never had a dummy. I wish i'd just kept it for sleep times because now he is truly addicted but I had PND after ds1 and the dummy helped alot! With ds 2 who is 11 weeks tommorrow I only offer him a dummy when he sleeps because of current guidelines however like his big sister he isn't very interested anyway and raraely accepts it. Ds1 was a very sucky baby.

Belive me a small but persistent force on teeth is very soft bone (which it is in comparison to adult bone) can and does cause tooth movement and no pain/discomfort. But genetics do play a part as well.

DD had a dummy till 3yo (only nighttime) but used it upside down. Her jaw is slightly out of alignment. Doc said it was because of the dummy.

She will be 6 in April and still has a slight overbite, but it is much less marked.

DS has lovely teeth, he gave up his dummy about 2yo.

Don't know if that is coincidence.

It's a pity I didn't have a dummy as a child then COV, I had years of agonising orthodontics to correct an underbite.

DS had one until he was 3 and it did affect his teeth. He used it so often and for so long that there was a significant gap between his upper and lower sets of teeth. Photos of him at 3 clearly show it. He gave his dummies to the dentist when I took him for his first visit after I had struggled for months to get him to give them up! The gap eventually put itself to rights.

my dentist tells me nothing to worry about before they are 5 ish as that's "generally" when they start losing teeth and getting adult teeth.
Much worse to suck a thumb as it leans on the teeth iyswim, as opposed to a dummy that just sits there.

3 of my 5 have had dummies, not one has sticking out teeth.
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all spoke early and beautifully too.

Both my dds had a dummy till 3.4 and both were extremely articulate very young (hv said she rarely saw dcs with speech so advanced) both have lovely straight teeth (now 9 and 11)It's genetic as much as anything else. Think dd2 may need braces at some stage as she has a small mouth like her dad. dd1 has naturally straight teeth like me.

DS later had teeth growing through the sides of his upper gums (nothing to do with dummy, just an overcrowded mouth which was a total mess) and has just had the screws and traintracks removed after 5 years of treatment. The transformation is amazing. I've barely seen his teeth in all that time. Now we're down to a wire behind his upper teeth which may well be permanent, according to the orthodontist, together with a night time retainer. DS has been brill and I'm very proud of the way he's coped with some of the more horrendous pieces of apparel, some of which affected his speech quite markedly.

liahgen and smartiejake, I've decided to listen to you!

Mine have all had dummies and have beautiful teeth. They had them until around 4 years old. Ds1 now has adult teeth and they are the most perfect set of straight teeth.

Never had any problems with speech.

My brother threw his son's dummies away the day they turned one and they both have really sticky out teeth. Genetics me thinks. If you had adummy for years then I'd imagine it would be a problem.