Teeth was Re: teachers' personal lives

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 190286

Shelley wrote:
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> Frankly, I took this passage to mean that Rowlings hadn't done her  homework when mentioning the dental care- either she had intended  Hermione to currently have braces on her teeth already, or maybe she was envisioning a retainer or device that comes out of the mouth, which wouldn't correct the buck or big teeth at all.  It's really hard to know what was in her mind when she writes mistakes or inconsistencies that appear in the book.

Carol responds:

I agree that she's inconsistent here as in many places (especially those involving elementary addition and subtraction!), but what seems most illogical to me is that Madam Pomfrey's teeth-shrinking spell somehow straightens Hermione's teeth at the same time.

Carol, who certainly would have used a tooth-*straightening* spell had she been Hermione