Video: Mouth bling isn’t new! – Grills have been appearing, disappearing, and reappearing throughout human history, so National Geographic did some investigation!
For the ancient Mayan, jade was a precious stone. They carved it into art, made it into masks, and turned it into a type of grill. Throughout the classic period, from 300 AD to 900 AD, Maya kings and queens would drill holes about three millimeters in diameter into their upper teeth and fill them with round pieces of jade.
