Kanye West's Diamond Teeth
Posted on July 31, 2010
Rapper Kanye West has been busy tweeting away on his new Twitter account, @kanyewest. Some rappers have gold grills, but Kanye claims to have replaced his bottom teeth with real diamonds. Kanye has been trouble getting people to believe him so he shared a photograph of his diamond bottom row.
Kanye says, "No seriously ... I said my teeth are real diamonds... these are not fronts... I replaced my bottom row of teeth with diamonds."
Update: It looks like Kanye's diamond teeth are real. In the November, 2010, issue of Vanity Fair Kanye was asked why he had diamonds permanently drilled into his bottom teeth. He replied, "I just like diamond teeth and I didn't feel like having to take them out all the time."
Dr. Ramin Tabib, a New York-based cosmetic dentist from NYC Smile Design told Today that he thinks a removable device is far more likely. Tahib says, "He has beautiful teeth and from the picture there is no sign of tooth problems. I would be hard pressed to believe that he had his lower teeth removed for this ... Normally, when tooth jewelry is placed permanently it is affixed to existing teeth."
Here's Kanye discussing his teeth on The Ellen Show. He says "It's like really my real teeth."