I used to suck my fingers and now ive buck teeth how can i fix it?

Q. Hello doctor im 14 years old when I was little i used to suck my finger NOT MY THUMB but my index finger and I still do till this day and i really wanna stop and my teeth are messed up, in other words I have buck teeth and my parents DONT have enough money to get braces or anything else to get them fixed so what should I do just STOP sucking my finger or just live with it? cuz i dont actually show my teeth in any pics I take @ school so is it possible that if I stop sucking my finger the teeth will align it’s self or what? PLEASE DOCTOR I KNO IM YOUNG BUT I REALLY WANT PERFECT OR AT LEAST CLOSE! TO PERFECT TEETH. so I can actually do this :D. -Thankyou 

A. Hello, only you can stop the habit of sucking your finger, if you do stop there is a chance that the teeth will move back into a better position. If not then a brace is really your only option.

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This entry was posted on Friday, August 14th, 2009 at 2:57 amand is filed under Dr Moore's Answers, Experts Answers, Q. General dentistry, Q. Orthodontics.