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From: atkins@opus.UUCP (Brian Atkins)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: How to stop thumb-sucking?
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Date: Tue, 16-Apr-85 13:12:25 EST
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I had a similar experience.  My mother took me to the dentist.  He explained
that if I continued to suck my thumb it would result in crooked permanent
teeth, after my baby teeth fell out.  True or not, I stopped sucking my thumb.

Is this true, sucking your thumb past a certain age causes too much stress
on the permanent teeth?