1. Introduction and Orientation
Restorative Art
Introduction and Orientation

2. 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

3. 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.

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

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

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

7. 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”

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

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

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