Tooth "tattoos"

The Heward Dental Lab in Salt Lake City specializes in "dental tattoos," which are actually custom hand-painted crowns. Owner and main artist Steve Heward is a traditional oil painter too. The artwork on a crown costs between $75 and $500. I don't think I'd want a painted crown in my mouth but I'd love to have a collection of them in my wunderkammer. Link (via Bizarre)

Previously on BB:
• Tooth Tattoos at 99-cent only store Link

• [dbarone]

  My husband came home last night with a tooth tatto; it was a surprise to me. I has my name and a heart. I think it’s cool. here is a link to a picture of it:

  http://beadsdw.myhosting.net/JOESTOOTH.jpg

• [Lilorfnannie]

  That *is* David Letterman in the middle front row, right?

• [ill lich]

  And to think of all the time I’ve spent cleaning my teeth, I’m just so behind the times.

  “Dude, you’ve got a big hunk of spinach in your teeth!”

  “No, that’s my Incredible Hulk tooth tattoo! Pretty cool huh?”

  “Uhh. . .no, not really.”

• [anthropomorphictoast]

  Rooster teeth. Heh heh.

• [eustace]

  MOM! David Letterman is SCARING ME!!!

• [artbot]

  I would not want that cock in my mouth.

  Not that there’s anything wrong with that….

• [Antinous]

  Wow. I missed that one.

• [Anonymous]

  tooth “tattoos” have been around for a long time – these ones just are more elaborate than most. a friend of mine has a crescent moon on one of his crowns that he got 20+ years ago. also – most crowns are on molars, so it isn’t likely that it would be readily visible – more like the hidden bat symbol. it’s a secret!

• [Modusoperandi]

  Has anybody here noticed that none of these tatooed teeth are in anyone’s mouth?
  Think about it.

• [Argon]

  George Washington. Teeth. Ha, I get it!

• [phephylove]

  i probably wouldn’t get a dead president as a tooth tattoo but i would fer sure get one if i would have known it was possible. its definatly something i want to look into.

• [trr]

  I don’t recognize the likenesses on the middle row except for Princess Diana (?) and Queen Elizabeth. Who are the other three?

• [strider_mt2k]

  I would SO have a David Letterman tooth!

  DAVID LETTERMAN!

  This would go so perfectly with my Paul Shaffer thumb glasses!

• [xavib]

  That’s really weird. You can wear a tooth in your teeth!

• [arkizzle]

  Simon Cowell, David Beckham and Amy Winehouse

• [Anonymous]

  Haha. A rooster..You could say, I have a cock in my mouth

• [Antinous]

  Has anybody here noticed that none of these tatooed teeth are in anyone’s mouth?

  Tattoo teeth are for entertainment purposes only. Chewing not recommended.

• [arkizzle]

  Alos, possibly the Queen Mum, rather than Elizabeth.. not sure though..

• [websorcerer]

  On the most recent version of I’ve Got a Secret,
  Adam West (TV Batman) was a guest, and his secret was that he had a bat symbol tattooed on one of his teeth.

  http://www.tv.com/ive-got-a-secret/show/65607/episode.html

• [OM]

  …Geez, and you think Grillz are retarded? These take tooth bling to their nadir!

• [Takuan]

  pah! In my day we paid the tooth-leech to do proper scrimshaw!

• [Halloween Jack]

  Anyone who would have David Letterman on their teeth, or Amy Winehouse for that matter, has problems far beyond the scope of dentistry.

• [Antinous]

  Soon it will be advertising. GoldenPalace in tiny little letters on the incisors of every kickboxer.