Effect of a thin‐neck pacifier on primary dentition: a randomized controlled trial.
This scientific study confirms the supportive effect of the MAM Perfect for healthy tooth and jaw development. It gives health care professionals confidence when advising parents who use soothers for their babies.
Non-nutritive sucking is very common in babies: between 60% and (sometimes over) 80% of babies calm themselves through non-nutritive sucking. A soother usually helps in sleep, to relieve stress or in the context of painful treatments. However, the excessive use of a soother can lead to malocclusions and to very difficult weaning off this habit. This study investigated the extent to which the MAM Perfect, with its unique thin and flexible teat neck, might affect existing misalignments.
Carried out at the University Hospital of Jena, Germany, this study examined 86 children (before the exclusion procedure n=106) aged 16-24 months, who were already diagnosed with an enlarged anterior/incisor stage and/or an open bite (≥2 mm). In the randomized controlled study, participants were divided into three groups. Group 1 changed from the previ-ous soother to the soother with a thin teat neck. Group 2 remained with the conven-tional soother and Group 3 tried to wean babies off the soother during the course of the study. After 3, 6, 9 and 12 months, the toddlers were again examined by two different dentists.