tyler13@nord.pub to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoIs it okay for a teenager to suck their thumb in public?message-squaremessage-square42linkfedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up110arrow-down1message-squareIs it okay for a teenager to suck their thumb in public?tyler13@nord.pub to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square42linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretyler13@nord.pubOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down8·13 days agoAt what age does it start deforming teeth?
minus-squareScipitie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·13 days agoRule of thumb I learned and never validated: Two it starts, with three it can become an issue, with four it might affect the underlying permanent teeth - and there is no difference between thumb or pacifier.
minus-squareSlashme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·12 days ago Rule of thumb I see what you did there…
minus-squareyyyesss?@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·13 days agothink less “at what age” and more “after how much thumb sucking”.
At what age does it start deforming teeth?
Rule of thumb I learned and never validated:
Two it starts, with three it can become an issue, with four it might affect the underlying permanent teeth - and there is no difference between thumb or pacifier.
I see what you did there…
Everywhere I go I see his face…
think less “at what age” and more “after how much thumb sucking”.