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My son took at bedtime bottle (water only) until he was four. It was his security blanket and he really got great comfort from it so I saw zero reason to force him to give it up.
Eventually, he gave it up on his own because he was old enough to be embarrassed that his friends would see it and he also understood that it made it hard to not have a wet pullup in the morning.
My daughter is 18 months old and takes three bottles per day. She gets no comfort from the bottle but it's the only way she'll take formula (sippy cups for everything but formula for some odd reason). She needs the extra nutrition of the formula so we're keeping the bottle for as long as we think she needs the formula.
If it's not hurting their teeth, then I don't see the harm in letting kids have a bottle.
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