Tooth Tattoos: Pimp Your Grill Ink-Style
Posted by Peter
It’s one of the latest growing trends, and one of the least painful ways to get a tattoo. Curious ink fans are sporting grill tats, tattoos inked directly onto their front teeth, for a nice piece of colorful bling to show off to their friends.
The tats don’t need any recovery time, and only require a few hours to dry and set before you can eat, touch them and even brush your teeth.
Lindsay Ramires of Los Angeles got a pink, yellow and blue butterfly inked onto her front tooth, to match the one on her lower back. “It makes me feel special, like when I smile it
shows a part of who I am,” she said.
Scott Lucas of North Hollywood spelled out the name of his younger brother Andrew, who passed away two years ago, across his six front teeth. “This way he will always be remembered,” he said.
"Tooth tattooing isn’t very common yet," says tattoo artist Jeremiah Ludlow. “We’ve only gotten a few of them so far, but people are always impressed by it.” The most popular grill tats are letters, spelled one per tooth, or small pictures.
Jake Henley of Sherman Oaks got flames inked onto his two front teeth. He says he’d get them across his other teeth, too, but wants to try it out on two first. “I like it, we’ll see if it stays that way,” he said.
Grill tats are about the same price as an arm or shoulder tattoo, depending on what you're having done. They'd be less expensive because of their size, says Jeremiah, but the cost of the equipment and special ink brings the price back up. But grill tats are a unique statement not a lot of people make, and are definitely worth the investment. Check your local tattoo parlor to try grill tats for yourself. Grillz out.

Posted by not so much on 28/7/09
So I can permanently look like I have food stuck to my teeth to anyone more than one foot away? No thanks.
Posted by Phil E. Drifter on 29/7/09
What he said above.
Posted by Phil E. Drifter on 29/7/09
I’d rather get something tattooed into the whites of my eyes, or blacklight tattoos that can only be seen when you’re under gasp blacklight.
Posted by Robert on 29/7/09
Dear dumb-a**es:
I have been getting tattoos for 35 years now, but all are in discreet places and can be easily hidden.
Please THINK before getting on in an area where it cannot be hidden. At some point in your life, you WILL find yourself in situations where you will not want a tattoo to be seen, TRUST ME.
Posted by Kevin on 19/8/09
Grill tats…its my first time to hear something like this…I did not realize such thing exist. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by Tattoo Ft Myers on 14/12/09
you cannot tattoo teeth or bones. this article is about a tattoo image being applied via a tooth covering. slightly misleading.