I've read all the ways but I'm having a hard time understanding the process. Is there enough force to push a needle thru bone by hand alone? (I've read the needle injector gun info so no need to explain that..thanks!) Where does the needle go and where does it get pushed thru? I read "...thread thru the jaw below the gums..." Wouldn't it be hard pushing a needle thru BONE??
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2006-08-24 20:16:48 · 9 answers · asked by lil grin 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
It's called a submandibular suture. Thread an autopsy needle and push the needle through the soft part on the underside of the chin. You will come out through the soft pallete under the tongue. Then pull the needle once it is inside the mouth through to the front of the top front teeth. Go in again through the skin of the the upper lip and up into the nose, through the septum to the other nostril and then do the whole process in reverse until you are to where you started on the outside under the chin. Pull the thread and tie, but don't cut yet. This method of mouth closure leaves a dimple under the chin and you can get rid of that by pulling both ends of the string in a sawing motion until it gets so tight you can't see it. I don't like this method, yr better off using a needle injector when it comes to mouth closure.
2006-08-25 17:53:27 · answer #1 · answered by kaliedoscope_eyes86 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Embalming Needle
2016-12-12 11:43:24 · answer #2 · answered by emmit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They staple a wire through the both sides of the bottom and top jaw near the teeth ,then pipe putty into the mouth and tie the wire up and cut the rest of the wire so it will not show. The reason for the putty is so that it will fill and shape the cheeks
Are you in training to work for a funeral home?
2006-08-24 20:28:26 · answer #3 · answered by nannygoat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a licensed funeral director. In order to suture the mouth shut, you use an S-shaped needle and you scoop down through under the tongue, (it does not go through any bone), and then up through the uppermost part of your mouth (between lip and gums, at the top), up into the nasal cavity, across through the cartilage and then back down through into the mouth.
2006-08-25 04:40:40 · answer #4 · answered by Reagan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all you why would you want to suture a jaw while embalming a person? Why are you dealing with dead people? Ok.. you can kill me.. but the answers I have is check with your funeral director; ask a doctor; search online videos for a preview of this strange practice! :)
2006-08-24 20:21:37 · answer #5 · answered by Izzy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not as hard as you think to push a needle through embalmed bone, unless it is newly embalmed.
In that case simply use a plate (metal) and push hard.
As an ambidextrous, I'm intrigued why you ask.
Reply?
2006-08-24 20:25:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Threats will only get you stupid answers.
As the person is dead there is no need to repair the bone. You can suture the inside of the mouth to the upper jaw so everything stays in place.
2006-08-24 20:22:13 · answer #7 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A funeral director explained to me that they use a gun looking object and wire the top and bottom jaw together so it will stay shut. She didn't show me, but she tried to explain it to me. I've always been interested in the funeral business so I went to talk to one.
2006-08-24 20:23:58 · answer #8 · answered by First Lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-24 20:24:07 · answer #9 · answered by ★Fetal☆ ★And ☆ ★Weeping☆ 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋