Platinum Teeth - How to get this hot hip hop look
Platinum teeth have become more popular than gold when it comes to hip hop fashion. It has become commonplace for artists and rap fans to wear platinum teeth and jewelry as well as gold, often with diamonds encrusted in them. Platinum teeth, or grills as they are also known, and jewelry later became a prominent source of bragging rights for hip hop performers and audiences and spawned the catch phrase “bling bling.” In 2005, Nelly released the song “Grillz” dedicated to this current hip hop fashion craze.
So what do you need to know to get this hot, hip hop look?
A simple way to get this look is by investing in removable caps that are customized to your mouth. The caps slip over your own pearly whites, completely covering the original tooth. This gives the impression you have permanent silver, gold, or platinum teeth. You can insert the caps and remove them as you wish.
An impression will have to be taken of your mouth so that if will fit properly. You can do this at a dentist’s office or through several websites who will send you a kit that you can use at home. GoldTeeth.com offers an impression kit that you can do yourself to make molds. When finished you simply send the impressions back to them and they will make your set of gold or platinum teeth. They will fit perfectly and won’t fall out or come out unless you want them to.
The least expensive caps you can buy are silver, although it will tarnish very quickly. Fourteen karat gold is the hardest type of gold, although it tarnishes as well. It will need to be cleaned and polished just as you would any other fine jewelry. If you are a smoker, you may want to order eighteen karat gold (white gold). This has the appearance of silver but doesn’t tarnish as quickly. The most expensive caps or grills you can buy are platinum. It is very expensive but worth the money as they will rarely tarnish and are very strong. Platinum teeth and jewelry has become the most popular choice for rappers because of how expensive it is. This is a sign of success and excess in the rap and hip hop world.
Before making the expensive investment in any mouth bling bling, do some research online and contact your dentist and obtain his advice.