Grill (jewelry)

Since then, grills have reached the mainstream; a "hard flex of both style and wealth, grillz have always been a symbol of power and social status – right from its origins that can be traced back to over 4,000 years ago.

Grills are made of several types of metal (often silver, gold or platinum) that are sometimes inlaid with precious stones; they are generally removable, though some may be permanently attached to the teeth.

With grills popularity rising, Plein made gold caps for Flavor Flav, Big Daddy Kane and Kool G.

[7][10] He later moved to Atlanta, where he designed ever-more-elaborate grills for rappers such as OutKast, Goodie Mob, Ludacris, and Lil Jon.

[1] Grills maintained their popularity into the 2010s, with French grillmaker Dolly Cohen creating custom oral jewelry for Barbados songstress Rihanna along Cara Delevingne and Rita Ora.

Katy Perry, Beyonce, Madonna, Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga are notable among female popstar celebrities to have donned grills.

[7] For more expensive grills, a dentist takes a mold of the wearer's front teeth with a quick set alginate.