Do you suture or use a needle injector?
First to explain suture and needle injector. These are both methods in mouth closure, and I did a little hunting to find some videos because trying to explain this with words is well. It’s a trip.
Kari here explains how the needle injector works perfectly, and shows a great demonstration (On cardboard boxes and not a human people, not to worry!).
As for the suture method...
Caitlin does a good job at pantomiming how to suture if you skip ahead to 2:35. She also goes into detail on needle injector as well and how she handles her services.
(Would have loved to find a video that actually shows the nitty gritty details in practice, alas, I have found none.)
I don’t feel comfortable personally nailing a needle into someone’s gums. Plus once upon a time in school when I was using it, I failed to wear the proper protection and there was a bit of splash back on myself aaand. I got something in my mouth. So do as I say and not as I do, and wear the proper PPEs so you don’t spend forever in the bathroom washing your mouth out and questioning the life choice that got you to that moment.
As both videos explain, the needle injector also does a poor job on those who are elderly and have very brittle bones. There are family members I’ve met with who will tell me the last time they saw their loved one was eyes open and mouth gaped, and they’re concerned over seeing that again during their services. I have a lot of anxiety over the mouth popping open and scaring the family. You can’t redo a service and can’t erase a bad memory, and the suture method leaves me with less anxiety that that will happen.
Less-Anxiety-Suture-Method all the way.