Weasley Accountant (was: Half-bloods, Pure-bloods, etc.)

[huntergreen_3]

No: HPFGUIDX 109374

Carol wrote:
>>So how *do* non-Muggleborn wizards get their teeth fixed, other than
going to Madam Pomfrey to have them shortened after a Densuageo hex?
And what about optometrists? Harry got his glasses from the state,
apparently, as the result of attending a state school. But where did
James, a pureblood as far as we know, get his? St. Mungo's treats
magical maladies, not astigmatism or myopia.<<

HunterGreen:
Perhaps they call dentists something else (ex: they don't have 
doctors, they have 'healers') since they do something completely 
different than dentists. They would just magically fix teeth 
(Hermione had wanted to do it before, but her parents wouldn't let 
her, which leads me to believe there are people besides Madam Pomfrey 
who do it). I have to say, if that's the case, I'm extremely jealous 
(can you imagine having a tooth fixed being a two-minute painless 
procedure with no healing time?).
As for the glasses thing, I have no idea. Its odd how there isn't a 
magical way to fix eyesight, or if there is, its odd that so many 
wizards have chosen not to use it. I know that there is the muggle 
way of fixing eyesight, and there are plenty of people (myself 
included), who don't want to get that done, so maybe the magical way 
is just as obnoixious and risky. Perhaps it requires being blind for 
a certain amount of time, or its so difficult that only certain 
healers(?) do it and its very expensive. I have no idea where they 
get their glasses though. I can't imagine wizards having to go to a 
muggle optometrist (especially a pureblood like James), so there must 
be wizards who make them. I'd imagine its a lot simplier than muggle 
optometry though.