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Concluding remarks
Published in Marshall Joseph Becker, Jean MacIntosh Turfa, The Etruscans and the History of Dentistry, 2017
Marshall Joseph Becker, Jean MacIntosh Turfa
During the 1980s gold inlays and removable tooth covers began to come into fashion in the entertainment world, and then spread among the teenage emulators of rock, hip-hop and rap stars. Johnny Depp and Madonna are among the Hollywood types who have popularized gold teeth. Katy Perry, in an Ungaro designer dress, showed off her grillz at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2013: rock stars may be the new aristocracy, filling the ecological niche of those Etruscan noblewomen of millennia ago. In 2005, the artist known as Nelly released his rap single “Grillz” and the trend expanded, with Californian high-school students acquiring expensive, removable grills, especially young women who wore them for the school prom (see May 2005). And those who craft the gold teeth and grills are goldsmiths—as Meredith May (2005) noted: “While most dentists shudder at the thought of all that bacteria growing behind the bling, jewelers who make the teeth are counting their gold.” The variety of ornamental expression of identity is great, thanks to modern technology and easy access to gold: some grills have diamonds, or are etched with the wearer’s choice of words, symbols, initials, phone numbers or gang names. The ability to remove the grills easily has probably contributed to their popularity: originally a symbol of edgy, male characters from stage and ghetto, they are now widely displayed among affluent teenage females . . . so while this modern group need not have their teeth pulled for beauty or belonging, the golden smile shines on.
Radiographic Applications in Forensic Dental Identification
Published in Michael J. Thali M.D., Mark D. Viner, B. G. Brogdon, Brogdon's Forensic Radiology, 2010
record the exact type of prosthodontic tooth used and its shade number in the dental record. Many patients request decorative gold teeth placed within their denture when fabricated and, in some cases, verge on the side of the bizarre (Figure 10.16). These special features may, however, lead to the findings of an identity for that individual when compared to facial photographs of the victim. Also, many dentists today include the patient's name on the tissue side of the denture which is extremely helpful when making identifications. Indeed, this laboratory procedure is mandatory in some states.
“All they have seen is a model for failure:” Stakeholder’s perspectives on athletic talent development in American underserved communities
Published in Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 2022
Robert T. Book, Kristoffer Henriksen, Natalia Stambulova, Louise Kamuk Storm
In the hood, we learned that if we dressed or carried ourselves a certain way, maybe we wouldn’t get picked on or it was a way to protect ourselves, and we learned from being in it. Well, it was the same when I went to college, you go “dang,” like I have this gold grill in my mouth, I still like it, but in this environment it isn’t going to help me get to where I need to go. But, I see athletes who can’t make the transition because it’s too ingrained, like taking out their gold teeth may feel like they are losing too much of themselves.