Wacky news: tooth tattoos. Several dental labs across the country now offer to tattoo tiny desings - everything from hearts to sports-team logos - directly onto porcelain veneers. (Talk about a come-on: "Wanna see the butterfly back here?") But think carefully about where to put them, cautions Los Angeles dentist John D. Ivey, D.M.D. One colleague gave an aging rock star an emerald inlay in his front tooth. It apparently looked so muck like a piece of spinach that he had to have it removed.