[HPforGrownups] Re: Teeth, braces, and the English Language or variations thereof.

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 190398

Margaret Dean:
>
> Just as a matter of curiosity, when did the "invisible"/white braces
> come in?  Given that the books are set in the 1990s.

Bart:
     I'm not sure when the invisible braces came in, but behind the 
teeth and overnight-only braces were certainly around back then; I 
recall seeing the overnight-only braces being used as a plot point in an 
early 1970's sitcom. Since it wasn't mentioned, I believe that Hermoine 
did not actually have the braces on when her teeth were fixed (the 
growth would have broken pretty much any braces), so I suspect she was 
wearing overnight-only braces.

     Bart