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Hip Hop Grillz and Gold Teeth Are Sweeping the Nation
It’s no question that gold teeth and grillz are staging a huge comeback in hip hop culture. The trend has been extremely popular during the 80s as hip hop heavyweights wore their custom made gold teeth on tour and on covers of prestigious magazines. This type of hip hop jewelry was not available to the common hip hop fan simply because it was very expensive to produce. It was so expensive that it didn’t make sense for an average income hip hop fan to spend on. Now, with the popularity of fashion jewelry, a new way to create grillz has been born, and because of that, demand has soared through the roof and manufacturers are scrambling to keep up.
Universal Hip Hop Grillz It’s an interesting concept, the idea of creating a universal fitting grill while everyone has different shaped teeth. The idea is not that far fetched, and some of the original grill molding methods was used to create these universal fitting teeth. To make custom made grillz, one would have to make a mold out of dental putty and send it back to the jeweler. With this mold, there is a 1:1 impression of the client’s teeth and the jeweler can then make a grill. A similar method is now used to fit universal grillz to the consumer’s teeth. These grillz come with a silicone backing, which can be heated up and shaped into different impressions and can therefore be worn by just about anyone.
Because of this way of creating universal fitting grillz, costs have significantly dropped for consumers. Normally, a custom made grill can cost up to thousands, especially if the customer demanded hand set stones. Now they are produced by large factories utilizing economies of scale, and therefore bring costs to a minimum. Because of innovation and efficiency, these grillz can be purchase often for under $20. That is a far cry from what a grill used to cost. Due to the extremely low price of these new generation grillz, sales have gone through the roof, with over one million sold to date.
“It actually wasn’t that hard to install the grill. I just warmed up the silicone and put it right in my mouth. About 30 seconds later I had a custom fitting grill, and I love it.” –George, hip hop fan from Chicago, IL.
These hip hop grillz can be purchased through online retailers such as hiphopbling.com. Hip hop bling offers just about the largest selection of hip hop grillz, with various finishes such as gold, white gold and diamond cut.
