I'm mainly posting this for the neat picture.

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"The glittering grills of some hip-hop stars aren't exactly unprecedented. Sophisticated dentistry allowed Native Americans to add bling to their teeth as far back as 2,500 years ago, a new study says. Ancient peoples of southern North America went to dentists -- among the earliest known -- to beautify their chompers with notches, grooves, and semiprecious gems."

I had a Western Civilization Professor who constantly told us that nothing about people and their culture is new. The only difference between us and the ancients is electricity and plastic.