If your LO used a lovey, when and how did you break the habit?

DD loves her lovey. She never took to a pacifier, but she has always sucked and chewed on a corner of her lovey. It's disgusting. I try to switch them out every day or so because they smell awful. I don't really have a problem with her using a lovey, but I think the chewing/sucking is getting gross and I worry about it affecting her teeth. I don't think I'm ready to take it away completely, but I'm starting to think about when we might try and what the process would look like. I think it'd have to be a slow weaning.