Restorative Art Introduction and Orientation

Restorative Art  Mayer: page 501  “care of the deceased to recreate natural form and color”  4 objectives: 1) ease psychological effect on the family 1) ease psychological effect on the family 2) make good public relations for the firm 2) make good public relations for the firm 3) lessen morbid curiosity of the public 3) lessen morbid curiosity of the public 4) professional responsibility 4) professional responsibility

Anatomical Position  Klicker page 14  “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  Klicker page 81 and Mayer page 505  1) Injuries  2) Disease (Pathological)  3) Post-mortem Tissue Changes  4) Embalming  Conservative Approach (Mayer page 501)

Types of Restoration  Klicker page 9  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”

Written Permission  Obtain written permission from the family before doing any restoration that requires incisions, excisions or anything that may be considered a mutiliation!!

Time-table of Restorative Treatments  Klicker page 81 and Mayer page 507  Pre-embalming Treatments  Embalming Treatments  Post-embalming Treatments

Ethnic Characteristics  Klicker page 12  White/European/Caucasian/Caucasoid  Black/African/Negroid  Yellow/Asiatic/Mongoloid

Geometric Form of the Normal Skull  Klicker page 12  Oval with one end broader than the other.  Greatest width is compared with greatest length.  Greatest width = 2/3 the length

Types of Skull  Infant: facial portion is 1/8 the cranial area underdeveloped upper and lower jaw underdeveloped upper and lower jaw absence of teeth absence of teeth birth to 7 years: rapid growth birth to 7 years: rapid growth 7 years to puberty: slow growth 7 years to puberty: slow growth puberty: significant growth puberty: significant growth 22 years: sutures ossify 22 years: sutures ossify

Adult Skull  Facial portion: ½ size cranial area  Male and female develop similarly until puberty  Female: lighter and smaller cranial capacity: 10% less cranial capacity: 10% less walls thinner and smoother walls thinner and smoother upper and lower jaws smaller upper and lower jaws smaller infantine characteristics infantine characteristics

Aging  reduction of size of upper and lower jaws due to the loss of teeth  reduction in size of alveolar processes  reduction in vertical length of the face and an alteration in the angle of the jaw