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Thumb Sucking & Pacifier Habits
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Yeah, I’ve noticed the same thing with my daughter—she quit thumb sucking at 4 and her teeth seemed to self-correct pretty fast. My nephew though, kept going until 8 and needed a palate expander. Seems like timing’s everything, but it’s unpredictable.
That’s interesting—my kid stopped around 5, and honestly, her teeth looked totally crooked at first but then just kinda shifted back over the next year. Did your nephew have speech issues too, or was it just the palate thing? I keep wondering if there’s a way to tell early on who’ll need braces or if it’s just luck. Feels like every dentist says something different about when to worry...
- My son also quit thumb sucking around 5, and we noticed his front teeth looked way off for a while.
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—same here. I thought for sure we’d be looking at braces ASAP, but things improved a lot on their own.“her teeth looked totally crooked at first but then just kinda shifted back over the next year.”
- Our dentist mentioned that palate changes can sometimes affect speech, but my kid never had any real issues—maybe a slight lisp for a few months, nothing major.
- As for knowing who’ll need braces, I honestly feel like it’s 50/50. Some kids’ mouths just sort themselves out. Dentists seem to have different takes depending on what they see that day...
- I do wish there was a more consistent answer, but in our case, waiting it out worked fine.
“her teeth looked totally crooked at first but then just kinda shifted back over the next year.”
That’s exactly what happened with my granddaughter. We were all bracing (ha) for years of orthodontics, but her teeth just moved back on their own once she ditched the thumb. I swear, kids’ mouths are like magic sometimes. Still, I wouldn’t bet my dentures on it—seems like every dentist has a different opinion depending on the weather or something.
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