Teeth was Re: teachers' personal lives

[June Ewing]

No: HPFGUIDX 190309


> Lynda responded:
>> <snip> 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. <snip>

> 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.

> Shelley now:
I have to agree with Carol! I have THREE kids in braces, and it's
not just about the length of the tooth. Shrinking a tooth would
not straighten the root of the tooth, which is the real problem
with buck teeth- the tooth is angled wrong in the mouth. You have
to first straighten the tooth, and then allow the root of the
> tooth to straighten too. <snip>
>
> I still think Hermione needed to continue with orthodontics,
> even with shrunken front teeth and new room.


June:
You guys are both absolutely right (and my logical side said that
to me when I first read it) however, I decided in my mind that
somehow while they were being shrunk the spell moved the teeth
and straightened them or the braces had done most of it and she
was close to having them off anyway. Either that or Hermione is
leaving out the fact that she did some straightening magically
herself or told Madam Pomfrey that the spell she was hit with also
knocked her teeth crooked. I try to ignore the logics sometimes
when I am reading. I would think J.K. Rowling never had braces
herself but they are such good books I do ignore little mistakes
like that and work out in my mind a way they could be right lol.
Also I too had to have the teeth removed to make room and that
wasn't a lot of fun, and my buck teeth were so bad that I couldn't
close my mouth properly because my teeth would sit on my bottome
lip. They look great now though.