
“I put my money where my mouth is and bought a grill…”
This dental trend was adopted by hip-hop heavyweights such as Ludacris, Lil Wayne and Kanye West over the next two decades, and were showcased in their music videos. After 20 years of fluctuating popularity, in 2006 Nelly released his number one hit “Grillz” and solidified this dental trend in pop cultural history. Grillz are made in much the same way that Dr. Curtis Couch would perform a veneer restoration at his Thousand Oaks dental practice. To construct a cosmetic dental grill:- First a dentist will take an impression of the teeth.
- This impression is then used to create a plaster model of the teeth.
- This model is then used as a guide to fabricate the “blinged up” grills to fit the teeth perfectly.
- Unlike permanent veneers, grills are generally clip-on for easy removal.