Dentists can reduce the risk of this by using protective dams in the mouth for procedures.
Roof of the mouth tattoo.
A former body piercing.
Voet who s also a former body piercing artist has been exploring unconventional body parts such as eyelids ears or gums as canvases for his artistry for four years.
Most commonly amalgam tattoos form during dental procedures in which flecks of amalgam may be accidentally chipped off and embedded in the gums cheeks roof of the mouth or tongue.
This deposit looks like a flat blue gray or black spot.
However perhaps his most catching specialty is tattooing the roof of the mouth a technique he s perfected with years of practice.
Voet has been doing roof of the mouth tattoos for about five years and has since developed his own technique as well as a portfolio of tattoos that fit the unusual location.
Belgian tattoo artist indy voet places secret tattoos on a hidden body part that probably only your dentist will be able to spot the roof of the mouth.
While amalgam tattoos are.
And for belgian artist indy voet he s earned a name for himself by inking some of the most unconventional locations on the human body from behind the ears to the gums to the finger webs.