#WHY IS THE MOUTH WIRED SHUT PRIOR CREMATION?

 

Why is the mouth wired shut prior to cremation?

A magnet pulls surviving jaw-wiring tacks from the ashes after a cremation. But securing the mouth shut beforehand has nothing to do with the fire—it is done solely for the living.

When a person dies, all muscles undergo primary flaccidity—a complete loss of tension. Because the lower jaw is heavy and held closed by active muscle tone during life, gravity immediately pulls it slack. Left unsecured, the face settles into a wide, gaping expression.

To present the deceased in a peaceful, restful state, funeral directors perform a process called "setting the features." This is typically done in one of two ways. The most common method involves a needle injector. An embalmer uses a specialized spring-loaded tool to drive a tiny metal tack with an attached wire into the upper jawbone (maxilla) and another into the lower jawbone (mandible). These wires are then twisted together tightly, pulling the jaw shut. Alternatively, a heavy thread is sutured through the nasal septum and tied to the lower lip or jawbone. A plastic "mouth former" is often placed under the lips to recreate the natural curve of the teeth.

Even if a family opts for a direct cremation with no formal funeral, they often request a brief identification viewing beforehand. Most funeral homes consider setting the features a baseline standard of care and dignity. A family member walking into an identification room expects their loved one to look asleep, not distressed. Furthermore, if a body must be transported from a hospital to the crematory, securing the jaw maintains natural positioning during transit.

When the body enters the cremation chamber, the intense heat vaporizes organic tissue rapidly, but the thin metal wires do not burn. After the process is complete, the remaining bone fragments are swept out to cool. Before the fragments are pulverized into the fine ashes returned to the family, the operator runs a high-powered magnet over the tray. This final sweep pulls out the surviving injector wires alongside coffin hinges, artificial joints, and surgical staples, leaving only the cremains behind.

A modern cremation retort furnace in Frankfurt, Germany. - Photo by Dontworry (Wikimedia Commons) is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

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They tortured and tortured her for ten days straight, reducing her to an almost larval state. They inflicted torture, humiliation, and atrocities of every kind on her to force her to speak, to make her reveal the names of her comrades, and to extract information about the partisans.

Virginia Tonelli, a partisan, did not speak even on the last day, when she had suffered everything.

Having lost her father, she began working at just eleven years old to support her younger siblings. Then, as she grew older, she joined the Italian Communist Party (PCI) and began her activism. In 1943, she immediately joined the partisan struggle. She organized women's demonstrations against the invaders, smuggled clandestine press from one city to another, and raised funds and materials to support those who were fighting.

She was arrested in Trieste while transporting some press.

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