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#WordyWednesday: Mouth Former
A thin piece of shaped plastic used to recreate the proper contour of a mouth in the event of missing teeth/dentures or other disfiguration. The plastic lays against the gums and beneath the closed lips. They can be trimmed for a better fit.
Note the little raised triangle perforations: those are to lightly snag the tissue inside the lips and hold everything in place. The tiny round holes are for strings or wires to pass through and secure the jaws together.
Sometimes dentures are provided by the family, but if they haven't been worn in a long time, they often don't fit well. Mouth formers are more forgiving. Other times dentures are brought in *after* the mouth has already been closed. Those dentures usually end up inside the foot of the casket or under the casket pillow.
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@tanquist good question! Many full body donation programs include a form of “final disposition.” It typically means a cremation, either scattering the cremated remains or occasionally returning them to your family. UCLA Medical Center uses water cremation (alkaline hydrolysis) as an eco friendlier solution.
Each program is totally different, so researching ahead of time is key. If you need to have a mortuary perform your final disposition, look into what options are legal where you live. Standard options include cremation and burial, either with or without open/closed casket/urn funeral services. Up and coming alternatives include water cremation, composting, and green burial.
An important note: organ donation followed by medical full body donation is heavily dependent on circumstances and can fall through. A backup plan is necessary. Donors can be rejected for a number of reasons at the time of death (trauma, autopsy, certain medical conditions, and if the program is currently at capacity). You can’t rely on full body donation and the resulting disposition arrangements as your sole plan. It can be a primary plan, and a very commendable one! We need donors.
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@robscatray hi there! I get asked a few things over and over, in no particular order:
1) dead bodies don’t sit up, not ever
2) hair and nails don’t grow after death, the skin dehydrates and shrinks back a bit
3) not all bodies get butt plugs đź«
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It's possible to have your #cremated #ashes turned into #fireworks, so you can go out with a #bang!
More random funeral info... the podium that the coffin gets put on is called a #catafalque. There are usually rollers on it to help the bearers slide the #Coffin on smoothly.
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