I just felt I had to let people know about something that happened to my nephew last week. He is 11 months old and has always used a dummy, particularly when he wakes. Last week his new Avent dummy sheered off in his mouth from the plate and it became stuck in his throat - it was only thanks to the quick action of his grandmother that he is still with us.
The reason I am posting this is that although my brother has reported this to Avent as a possible faulty batch of dummies, you don't know whether you could save some other child's life by just reporting this story.