These crazy TEETH tattoos are the latest bizarre trend in body art

YEARS ago most people just got parts of their body inked with their favourite design - but currently becoming more popular is getting your teeth tattooed.

Yep, that's right, your pearly whites, your gnashers... call them what you want but getting your teeth inked is currently the big trend.

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Getting a dental stain tattoo  - which has been dubbed 'tattooth' - is growing in popularity, especially in the United States where a tattoo on your pearly whites can cost between $75 and $200 (£59-157).

Having a dental tattoo is said to be no more painful that having a crown fitted.

While the fashion trend seems to be taking off now, the first dental tattoo was performed about 20 years ago, when a customer asked the Suburbia Dental Laboratory in Bloomfield, Connecticut for an image of a Corvette to be added to the crown.

The dentist initially takes an impression of the tooth which is to be fitted with the crown, the the mould is then sent to a dental lab where the design is added and the crown then fired in an oven at 212 degrees.

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Although before you go rushing off to book an appointment with your dentist, tattoos can only be added to teeth that need a crown and can't be added to normal, healthy teeth.

Tim Miller, who has a tattoo of a shamrock to honour his wife's heritage, told WFSB: "I thought about tattoos in the past but let’s face it, everyone has a tattoo and it’s no longer cool or unique. "So that’s why I went ahead and got the tooth."

Another recent dental trend in tooth whitening is to first turn them black using charcoal toothpaste, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The charcoal toothpaste, according to blogger Rachel Funchess, 19, who claims the paste actually whitens teeth.

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However dentists have warned against using charcoal products on your teeth.

Matthew Messina, a dentist in Ohio, said: It may whiten teeth in the short run, but will eventually wear into the dentin."

A 2017 review in the Journal of the American Dental Association said there is insufficient evidence to show dental products with charcoal are safe or effective for your teeth.