Feature Setting Flashcards
Features are set _________ to embalming.
Prior
Ways to secure the mandible
- Needle injector
- Muscular suture
- Mandibular suture
- Dental tie
- Drill and wire
- Gluing the lips
Muscular Suture
10/10 great
What’s a stupid suture? *EC
Mandibular Suture
If jaw is fractured…
Use multiple dental ties
In case of rigor…
It is still advised to use some sort of mouth closure.
Natural lines on the lips are ______, whereas lines from dehydration are ______.
Vertical, horizontal
The line between the moist and dry portions of each lip.
The weather line
Most criticized aspects of the embalming process
Mouth closure and feature setting
Desired shape of curvature across mouth and lips
Horseshoe
Eye closure done _______ to arterial injection
Prior
Seal mouth _________ embalming the body
After
Securing mandible with needle injector
Driving a pin with an attached wire into the maxilla and mandible via some type of hand-operated device
Utilizes a natural tooth on both the top and bottom to secure the mandible.
Dental tie
What can be used to fill in missing teeth to create an even mouth curvature?
Cotton or mortuary putty
A deceased’s mouth could have no dentures and no natural teeth.
True
Normally, the upper mucous membrane is ______ and _____ than the lower mucous membrane.
Longer; thinner
Dry skin and scabs should be removed from lips.
True
While performing a mouth closure, what is recommended to do?
- Relieve rigor in mandible
- Disinfect nasal and oral cavities
- If dentures are present, remove and disinfect them
- Pack throat with cotton
- Secure the mandible
Which tool is used to relieve facial purge?
Nasal aspirator
It is good practice to ask for dentures when leaving a home with a deceased.
True
What is the correct order for performing a mouth closure?
- Place lips in desired position
- Embalm
- Check for purge
- Seal mouth
Dentures are considered personal property?
True
If there is severe rigor in the mandible, leave the mouth how it is.
False
