Originally Posted by Celandine (Post 8013193)

Celandine raised her hand to answer, "Molars and Premolars are for breaking down food to make it easier to digest, the premolars are also called bicuspids and are smaller than the molars. There are actually heaps of different kinds of molars classified based on the crown shape and the root systems, different animals evolve them for different purposes- they even have totally different ways of attaching to the jaw and stuff. In plant eaters the molars and bicuspids tend to be flatter and more rounded because they spend so much time chewing and digesting, in meat eaters that actually have molars-- and not all of them do-- the molars are sharper and more geared toward tearing. Canines are sharp and pointy, they are for piercing and puncturing. They are also called eye teeth for the top ones, or in general, fangs and those are the kind of teeth that venom is injected through. Incisors are for cutting and tearing. "

ooc: *taps noggin for source*

Originally Posted by Waterloo (Post 8013212)

Originally Posted by aussiegirl (Post 8013217)

Kayla raised her hand, "Flattened molars are used for trapping and crushing large bones, while the canines are used for ripping and tearing food, the incisors are used to grasp, hold and gnaw and the premolars are for chewing."

Originally Posted by Zoerawrr (Post 8013222)

Grinding his own teeth subconsciously, Jake raised his hand. "Erm... I dunno what each are, but like..." He opened his mouth and pointed towards the back. "The'e wu' are hurrr griin'i'n 'ainly and htuth and hchhewin'..." Jake closed his mouth a little and tapped the pointy ones near the front of his mouth. "And dees, well, I think they're so ya can tear and rip things or bite to kill or something... like..." VAMPIYAHHHHH "... erm... yeah... And yeah... there was another... near the front, but the names are all mixed up in my head so... I'm just gonna go with that."

Go ahead, make a fool of yourself, Jake... oyye...

ooc: well... i'm pretty sure no website bared its teeth to show me... so my own brain and mouth *actually spoke with mouth open to get the right sound* oh! and the Jake half of my brain, other than the 16 year old knowledge I originally used...

"The'e wu' are hurrr griin'i'n 'ainly and htuth and hchhewin'..." = "These ones here are for grinding mainly and stuff and chewing"

Originally Posted by cedricdiggory (Post 8013392)

Cedric raised his hand..."ummm,Professor the four types of teeth are Incisors,Cuspids,Bicuspids and Molars...the Incisors is our eight front teeth and four in the bottom and it used for cutting and biting.."Cedric explained
"Cuspids is the four teeth located either side of the incisors used for tearing food"...Cedric inform
"Bicuspids is the eight teeth located behind the cuspids and it is shaped for cutting food..."Cedric paused then he continued,,
"Molars is the eight double rooted teeth and bumpy for chewing and grinding.."Cedric finished

ooc:I used my own help and with a little help of dictionary..

Originally Posted by Herminny (Post 8013769)

Herminny raised her hand and said, "The Peruvian Vipertooth is the smallest at just 15ft in length, it' quite different compared to other dragons cause like one of my classmates said there not afraid of humans and although it usually feeds on goats an cows they will also eat humans and not only are the wicked fast, they have strong venom fangs which could kill quite easily. This must have made it a difficult round up when the International Conederation of wizards authorized killing of this magnificent species enough to keep there numbers down so muggles don't notice there existence and to protect there population".

OOC: heres the link to the website I got this info *the HARRY POTTER encyclopedia

Originally Posted by Mrs. Weasley (Post 8013991)

Originally Posted by Antarctica! (Post 8014559)

Kiri listened as attentively as possible to what her classmates had to say, trying to ignore the strange behaviour of the other teachers - their barely concealed whispering, the crackling noises of the sweet wrappers, not to mention their very presence in this class...
She speculated idly whether dragons would prefer chocolate-covered humans.

There was nothing she could add to the discussion about the different types of teeth, but she did have a question. She raised her hand: "Professor Truebridge, do you have - or, what is the opinion of dragon researchers in general about the, umm, e-vo-lu-tionary path of dragons?" She slowed down at the last words, making sure to pronounce them correctly and not stumble over the syllables. It worked... reasonably well. "Do you think they were initially carnivores and then adapted to include plants in their diet? Or the other way around?"

Originally Posted by Celandine (Post 8013173)

Cela turned around and blinked at Professor Lupa, momentarily finding it totally weird that she was sitting in front of her and next to Professor Dumont and they were both into candy. Cela had almost finished her chocolate frog, but she halved the last of it and offered the bigger piece to Professor Lupa, "I think we have to learn things first. If people don't behave then they might not let us see one." Celandine suggested, looking back towards the front of the classroom, "I think thats what those permission slip things were about. I don't think its here. I think we will have to go somewhere."

Originally Posted by geraldinechang (Post 8013251)

Jane was offended that Professor Lupa didn't accept her non-sugar candies. She took down more notes instead. She crossed out her drawing of what she thought were dragon's teeth. Now she looked at it, it looked more like dinosaur's teeth.

Vampire teeth?Jane looked wildly at Jacob as he described the type of teeth. She giggled and thought about them herbivor teeth for a little while.. the ones with large diastema.

What's IN the chocolate frogs?!!?!?!?

"Ppsssssssttt!!!Professor Lupa?"Jane nudged her and gave her some Muggle Chocolates instead.

Originally Posted by NicoT (Post 8014873)

All Dragons are polyphyodont and have pleurodont teeth, does anyone know what these terms mean?"

Originally Posted by NicoT (Post 8014873)

"Both ideas have been suggested, for certain. The part that makes it difficult is that dragons, as we know them, have been almost exactly as they are now for an extremely long time. The Evolution of magical creatures is a difficult topic to pursue, because the line between evolution and magical interference is often blurred. This is another topic I have some more reading availiable on. If anyone is interested, you are welcome to come see me after class." Ethan answered, impressed with the young Slytherin's question.


"As for the Carnivorous Dragons, their mouths contain precisely what most of you would picture upon hearing the term 'dragon'. That is, sharp and serated canines and incisors.

All Dragons are polyphyodont and have pleurodont teeth, does anyone know what these terms mean?"

Originally Posted by NicoT (Post 8014873)

"Excellent answer." It was kind of interesting to see the students that excelled in his class, excel in other classes.



"Good, thank you. You have an unusual ability to simplify and make things easy for everyone to understand."



"Very concisely put." Ethan nodded.



Ethan pointed at his own jaw, "Molar, Premolar, Canine, Incisor. You got what they do, right."



"Right, those are the numbers of each type of teeth that we have in our mouths, and certainly what they do, but remember that the arrangement is different in the mouths of other creatures. The only tooth type that you can pretty much count on to be in the same place across the board-if they are present in the mouth- are the canines, or fangs."



"Pretty good, though the premolar often has a raised ridge that can help with tearing and cutting and the fangs are much larger and more specialised."



"Ah, yes thank you Herminny."

ooc: try to keep up with the current question, mmkay?



"As I said, it isn't that they choose plants over animals, merely that they also eat plants or as you suggested, show some evidence of perhaps once being plant eaters. Good theories though, Abby."



"Both ideas have been suggested, for certain. The part that makes it difficult is that dragons, as we know them, have been almost exactly as they are now for an extremely long time. The Evolution of magical creatures is a difficult topic to pursue, because the line between evolution and magical interference is often blurred. This is another topic I have some more reading availiable on. If anyone is interested, you are welcome to come see me after class." Ethan answered, impressed with the young Slytherin's question.


"As for the Carnivorous Dragons, their mouths contain precisely what most of you would picture upon hearing the term 'dragon'. That is, sharp and serated canines and incisors.

All Dragons are polyphyodont and have pleurodont teeth, does anyone know what these terms mean?"

Originally Posted by Slytherin Fox (Post 8015167)

Tony was starting to get hungry again, and he began to fish in his pocket to see what else might be in there. He was trying not to make too much racket or draw too much attention to himself. This dragon stuff was pretty interesting, but he really wanted a chocolate frog right now, nothing was better than that!

Originally Posted by DanialRadFAN01 (Post 8014896)

Chris potter raised his hand and answer the question "pleurodont means having several or many sets of teeth insuccession."

source: Dictonary.com

Originally Posted by Herminny (Post 8014924)

Herminny raised her hand and said, "Pleurodont means having teeth attatched by there sides to the inner part of their jaw and plyphiodant means having successive sets of teeth so as one set ofteeth wears the next is right there to take its place".

OOC: I have 2 sources: polyphyodont definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta

pleurodont - definition of pleurodont by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

Originally Posted by Tomasina Riddle (Post 8014936)

Paris raised her hand, "Polyphyodont means having several or many sets of teeth in succession." She said matter of factly.

OOC: source-webster's medical dictionary

Originally Posted by Waterloo (Post 8014941)

Originally Posted by Torchwood (Post 8014942)

Qaz raised her hand and replied, 'Polyphydont means that there are rows of teeth, which move forward with the back replacing the front as teeth wear down or fall out. Pleurodont means that the teeth are fused to the jawbone, making them much stronger.'

Originally Posted by Antarctica! (Post 8014944)

Kiri perused her textbook hastily, then raised her hand and said: "Well, poll-... polee-, sorry, Professor, po-ly-phy-dont means that the dragons' teeth are being replaced. Like when they lose one. And pleurodont means that..." She stopped, uncertain of how to describe it. The textbook was a bit confusing. "If I understood it correctly, it means that the teeth are attached to the inner side of the jaw bones. And this is most common with reptiles," she added, not even trying to pronounce the scientifically sounding name the textbook gave her: Squamata.

Originally Posted by Hedwig18 (Post 8014949)

Ana raised her hand "For example the Chinese fireball is scarlet with gold on his face. And there's sexual dimorphism, in this case females are bigger than males. They have protruding eyes and a stubby snout. He prefers to eat Humans and pigs, but he eats any mammal. The most standout characteristic about the Chinese fireball that is different from the other dragons is that they tolerate the other dragons from their kind better than other dragons normally do. They can even share territories." she said "Oh! and his name is derived from the flames in a mushroom form that came of his nostrils when he's angry. she finished

ooc: Harry Potter Wiki

Originally Posted by druidflower (Post 8015160)