Do wizards have to brush their teeth?

Even for me this question seems a little silly (or whatever we call that) but it's been nagging me so badly that I thought, I'd better get rid of it.
(I hope, I'm allowed to do that)

I personally don't think, they have to. But then another question: why don't their teeth ever hurt? I mean, get holes in them. Maybe it's magic ability or something...

It would be better probably not to take this too serious...

Any opinions?

Maybe they scourgify themselves

I group this in to my theory about their extended lifespans, about how they've been eating magically prepared food that has all toxins and/or sugars removed from it (without affecting the taste). Everything could be fat free, sugar free, cholesterol free, calorie free... pretty hard to mess up teeth that way.

This is kinda off topic, but without fat, calories and cholesterol you'd die pretty quick.

On topic: I don't know why they wouldn't have too brush their teeth (though perhaps they do use scourgify). Even if you eat nothing, your teeth will take damage cause there's acids in the stomach that teeth don't like. And wizards puke don't they? If F&G didn't scorgify or brush after their vomit galore in OotP, they'd be kinda toothless by now.

Maybe they have special magical products to aid them? Remember Tooth Flossing Stringmints for flossing your teeth? Surely there can be something in the way of magical mouthwash or toothpaste.

Maybe they do to their teeth what hermione does to Harry's glasses when it's raining during a quidditch match, don't remember what the spell was called, but it might work.

men, I hope they do. hehehehehehe imagine snape without brushing his own, or even worst Lupin hehehe

what'a about Lupin? is it because he eats chocolate?

Well, i think they do brush their teeth but they may use some special "magically toothpastes" with perfectly prevent cavities in them.

i think to use a spell to clean your teeth isn't very freshing.

hehe nop, it's because he's a werewolf so he eats werewolf food hehehe, all that meat in his teeth. imagine if he never brushed ? hehehe

I think they do brush their teeth, we just never hear about it. We know there are bathes at Hogwarts from GoF, but we never read about the students bathing. I think it's sort of implied that they do.

I just assumed it was the same way about brushing their teeth. I know its not the books, but in the GoF movie before the Yule Ball, I think it shows Harry just finishing brushing his teeth while Ron was complaining about his stylish dress robes.

For a while I wondered about this myself

they must brush their teeth because on the Knight Bus, Stan Shunpike says that for something like thirteen sickles, you get a toothbrush and a hot water bottle

I think that they are just as much human as us Muggles are. Ergo...teeth brushin' is a necessity. Just because Jo doesn't want to bore us with the trivials, doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

I remember reading a Q&A with Jo where someone asked if Harry gave gifts to Ron and Hermione for Christmas/their birthdays. She said yes, but had never thought to mention if before. I think we just have to assume that all the characters are hygenic.

Can you imagine Molly lining the little weasley's up by the bathroom sink to clean their teeth and then having an inspection afterwards?
All those sweeties that the Wizards eat too( not mentioning any names DD)!

I guess wizards and witches have to brush their teeth just like us. As someone already mentioned, Fred & George would be toothless by now if they hadn't somehow cleaned their teeth after their vomiting in OotP. Maybe there is a spell which brushes your teeth really quickly and without a toothbrush?

well, yeah, bacause just because they are wizards doesnt mean they have no hygene. hermione obviously does... as i think her parents would pass out if they found out otherwise. i guess there could be a spell... but wouldnt it be to much risk/effort over just brushing your teeth????

I would hope they brush their teeth as it would be rather awkward to have a conversation with someone who never brushes their teeth. Ugh! Morning breath all the time. Could you imagine how horrible that would be?

I hope they brush their teeth!
But I think it's to much to put that all in the books and films..

Actually, I'm not sure there's a magical toothpaste to protect against cavities. Hermione still opts for healthy snacks. Don't remember where that was mentioned? Would Hermione still pay such careful attention to watch she munches if magic provided a way around it? I know her parents are dentists. But I'm not sure how much weight that'd have in this matter?

Well, I always thought that there was some magical toothbrush/toothpaste that made the teeth *sparkle* (haha) but besides that, yeah, they probably brush their teeth... probably is a spell for it somewhere, so that people can just zap their mouths clean if they have to, but it's probably not recommended for everyday usage or whatever...

I'm going to go with the Lockhart canon.

Based on the fact that he is "capable of mostly only... memory charms", how could he win the best Smile Award with a spell used on his teeth only?

Just a point.

;)

Isn't that what Toothflossing Stringmints are for?

They'd work for flossing. But they wouldn't substitute mouthwash, toothpaste, or the actual act of brushing.

We have several refrences to tooth brushes in cannon. In PoA on the knight bus, as mentioned above, and in DH Hermione offers Harry his tooth brush at Grimwauld Place after he has fled to the bathroom because his scar hurts.
I think it's likelt that dentistry is handled by the healers. Madame Pomfrey shrinks Hermione's teeth in GoF, and somewhere else someone gets their teeth knocked out and she regrows them. So I think that wizards utilize conventional tooth maintenance (probably with the help of magical tooth paste and mouthwash), and fix major problems with magic.

I really hope they do, I wouldn't envy anyone kissing someone who hasn't brushed his teeth.

I wonder really if they do...

Wizardsmust definitly brush their teeth. In Tales of beedle the bard in the comments of Albus Dumbledoreafter the tale of the wizard and the Hoping pot there is an extract from the tales of the toadstools (I hope the translatoin is right just have the book in German) that says:

"But don't forget to brush your teeth" said the pot.

And as I think that the child was a wizard there is no sense to advice the child to brush it's teeth if wizards wouldn't have to do that.

We know that there are some things that magic cannot do for them. For example, zipping up flies according to Ron Weasley. So I suppose that brushing teeth would be one of them.
I'm sure a healer's job consists of being the wizarding dentist

Ron doesn't say you can't do up flies by magic, indeed it sounds like it is just a minor trick to get Harry to check his flies, but given Harry's mixed success at doing things by magic, there is some validity in Ron's advice given the possible consequences if Harry's magic goes wrong.