Tooth painting

Tooth painting

Tooth painting is a custom practiced by the Si La ethnic group. The Si La men paint their teeth red and the women paint theirs black. This practice has slowly declined with each new generation.

The practice of whitening teeth has also become popular in Western culture as a form of aesthetic enhancement.

In 17th-century Elizabethan England, women would paint their teeth colorfully, especially green or purple, in accordance with what some people of the period found beautiful.

See also

* Ohaguro


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