Teeth was Re: teachers' personal lives

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> > Sssusan:
> > >> WHY is there any witch or wizard with rotten or yellowed teeth?

Potioncat:
I thought it was in keeping with sterotypes of witches. JKR seems to dance all around stereotypes--she sticks close, reverses or sometimes ignores them. I picture (or used to anyway) a witch as being stooped, hook nosed, bad teeth and wild or stringy hair (sounds like Snape except for the back).

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> Geoff:> 
> This link reflects your comment to a point but also has a few sharp things 
> to say about the US nice teeth fixation.
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7633254.stm

Potioncat:
Good article. Dentists have been after me for years to whiten my teeth--victims of tea, cola and tetracycline--but they'd have to remove several fillings in order to get the teeth uniform in color---no thanks. I have to admit, the rest of the US seems to have teeth that are whiter than white.

Dentists in the article sound like the Grangers--who didn't want Hernione changing her teeth. I can't remember if they didn't want it done at all, or not till she was older. A healthy attitude if you ask me. (Is this enough to keep the thread legal?)
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> Geoff:
> OK, so Fenrir probably has grotty teeth; there are one or two references to them
> but one might expect that judging by the sort of character he  is.

Potioncat:
Agreed. I think in many ways Snape's appearance also reflects his character in the sense that he probably doesn't take care of himself.


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