Introduction and Orientation Restorative Art Introduction and Orientation

Restorative Art “care of the deceased to recreate natural form and color” 4 objectives: 1) ease psychological effect on the family 2) make good public relations for the firm 3) lessen morbid curiosity of the public 4) professional responsibility

Terms of Form, Position and Direction Anatomical Position “the body is erect, feet together, palms facing forward, and thumbs pointed away from the body” Terms of Form, Position and Direction Left and right are also in reference to the decedent’s left and right.

Terms (cont’d) Anterior and Posterior Superior and Inferior Medial and Lateral Bilateral Frontal and Profile Planes: median, horizontal, oblique, surface Projection and Recession

Terms (cont’d) Depression and Protrusion Concave/Concavity and Convex/Convexity Inclination Symmetry and Asymmetry Physiognomy Norm

Classes of Cases Requiring Restoration 1) Injuries 2) Disease (Pathological) 3) Post-mortem Tissue Changes 4) Embalming Conservative Approach

Types of Restoration Minor Restoration: “requiring minimum effort, skill, or time to complete” Major Restoration: “those requiring a long period of time, are extensive, require advanced technical skill, and expressed written consent to perform”

Time-table of Restorative Treatments Pre-embalming Treatments Embalming Treatments Post-embalming Treatments

Ethnic Characteristics White/European/Caucasian/Caucasoid Black/African/Negroid Yellow/Asiatic/Mongoloid

Geometric Form of the Normal Skull Infant (Birth) Adult Female Aging