Teeth was Re: teachers' personal lives

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 190291

Carol earlier:
> 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.
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> Carol, who certainly would have used a tooth-*straightening* spell had she been Hermione
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Lynda responded:
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> Answering again for myself, family members and others (it's good to share days off with friends and family, which we are doing!) The text says Hermione has buck teeth, which the spell took care of. That's not inconsistent. And why couldn't the spell straighten the teeth as it shrunk them? There's no problem there. We all think it would, in fact, straighten the teeth as it shrank them, realigning the teeth in her mouth. Just us, we know and we've had a lot of discussions about the inconsistencies in her books, especially in the last few months. This just doesn't bug us!

Carol again:

I'm afraid that we'll have to agree to disagree here. Madam Pomfrey is merely shortening the two front teeth enlarged by the spell. Hermione has her continue shortening them past the point where they originally were. That process would not, in itself, straighten even the front teeth, much less the other teeth, which were not affected by the shortening spell. Nor would *shortening* any or all of the teeth affect the amount of room in her mouth.

Carol, who had to have four bicuspids pulled to have enough room in her small mouth for all her teeth as a prelude to braces