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Because it is the actual milk in the bottle that causes decay, sucking on pacifiers cannot cause tooth decay. Excessive sucking on pacifiers (especially ones that aren’t labeled as being orthodontically correct), thumbs, fingers, etc. can cause skeletal problems with the jaw and placement of the permanent teeth, however.
