Teeth was Re: teachers' personal lives

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No: HPFGUIDX 190256



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, June Ewing <doctorwhofan02 at ...> wrote:
>
> > Potioncat:
> > <snip> 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?)
> 
> June:
> In Goblet of Fire, Hermione said that her parents wanted her to
> stick with her braces. It had nothing to do with her teath being
> rotten, she had buck teeth and that is one of the things braces
> fix. I myself had the teeth that Hermione is described as having
> and I had braces and now have perfectly straight teeth and I am of
> British decent (for the person who swears that brits have rotten
> teeth).
>
Potioncat:
I didn't say anything about Hermione having rotten teeth. SSSusan started out by asking why so many witches are described as having rotten or yellow teeth and wondered why that would be.

Several posts later Geoff offered an article about British attitudes on elective dental care and how that compares to the US attitude. I brought it back to canon by discussing Hermione's parents who are British dentists and their opinion about adjusting Hermione's teeth. I don't think Hermione had braces at all, but I don't have the book available to check. Anyway, she was able to use magic, so it was done without their input.