Dummy teat having an intraoral sucking body connected to an optional shield or sucking bottle connecting member via a tapered neck and preferably made of an elastic material, which has an essentially omega-shaped configuration together with the neck in plan view and a tongue support surface which extends obliquely from the bottom to the top at least over certain areas in vertical section. In order to promote optimum shaping of the oral cavity and to counter anomalies of the jaw, the tongue support surface has a concave depression for reception of the front section of the tongue.