Restorative Arts Exam 1

Restorative Arts Exam 1 / Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science / Exam date: 01/28/2025 {EXAM WILL INCLUDE ALL OTHER FLASHCARDS}

Minor restoration

Classified as those requiring the minimum of effort, skill, or time to complete

Ex: Alignment of bone fracture, reduction of minor swelling, simple lacerations, and bleaching and concealing minor discolorations

Major restoration

Procedures like fracture repair or reconstruction, modeling body features, and full head and hair restoration

History of RA

First practiced by ancient Egyptians

Joseph Crandall

• Founder of RA

• Researched and developed techniques and products

Known as demi-surgery

Today chemical companies are continuing to develop techniques and products specifically for RA

Demi-surgery

The art of building or creating parts of the body which had been destroyed by accident, disease, decomposition, or discoloration, and making the body perfectly natural and lifelike

Why we do RA

Psychological effect on family and friends

Realization of the death

Identification of the deceased

Dispels the imagination initiated by rumor

Professional responsibility

Who else can do this?

Personal satisfaction

Permissions before RA

Cost

• Discuss with the family before any major work is done

• Discuss the benefits of having it done

• Discuss the costs of having it done

Written permission should be obtained

Be honest with yourself about the quality of you work

Norm

The most common characteristic of each part of a feature

Physiognomy

The study of the face and it's features

Morphology

The study of the change of the shape of the face, usually due to age progression

Projection

A part extending beyond the level of its surroundings

Recession

The withdrawal of a feature from it's normal positions

Protrusion

The state of being thrust forward or projecting

Depression

A hollow or concave region

Convex

Curved evenly, resembling the outer edge of a sphere

Concave

Exhibiting a depressed or hollow surface

Symmetry

Correspondence in size and shape and relative position of the parts that are on opposite sides of the face

Asymmetry

Lack of symmetry, balance, or proportion

Oblique

Slope, deviation from the horizontal or vertical; inclination

Leptorrhine nose

Long, narrow, high bridge

Western european

Platyrrhine nose

Short, broad, minimum projection

African

Mesorrhine nose

Medium broad, medium low bridge

Asian

Grecian profile

Straight nasal profile

Roman (aquiline) profile

Convex nasal profile (eagle-like)

Retroussé profile

Concave nasal profile, infantile

Bones & cartilages of nose

Lateral cartilages (upper lateral) (2)

Greater alar (lower lateral) (2)

Nasal spine (anatomical limit of maxilla)

Maxillary prognathism

Superior jaw protrudes

Infranasal prognathism

Base of the nasal cavity protrudes abnormally

Alveolar prognathism

Protrusion of the alveolar processed

Dental prognathism

Oblique insertion of the teeth (buck teeth)

Mandibular prognathism

Inferior jaw protrudes

Resetting jaw

Occasionally the jaw may become misaligned or dislocated

Place your hands as pictures and push inferior and posteriorly

Jaw will set back in place allowing the mouth to close

Then use needle injector or suture mouth as usual

Channeling

Using hypodermic needle, create channels or holes from hidden points of entry into edematous tissue

Over time fluid will leak or leach from these channels creating a reduction in swelling