scholarly journals The Divine Proportion’s Incidence in Facial and Dental Aesthetics

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 155
Author(s):  
Oprea Valentin BUSU ◽  
Elena Cristina ANDREI
Keyword(s):  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Young Patients ◽  
The Body ◽  
High Expectations ◽  
Patient Dissatisfaction ◽  
Dental Aesthetics ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Media ◽  
Basic Characteristics ◽  
The Individual

As a science, facial and dental aesthetics is highly complex, the dentist being compelled to effectively exploit his abilities of reconstructing affected tissues, but also cultivate his aesthetic sense. Nowadays, dentists frequently face the patients high expectations, regarding dental structure and facial reconstruction. Most young patients tend to choose their model from the media, while patients over the age of 50 desire to have teeth like those of youth. It should also be noted that there is no concept of „cosmetic dentistry” as the teeth can only be adjusted in corellation to the face and body appearance. Thus, between physiognomy and the general appearance of the body and of the teeth a state of interdependence is in existence. One of the major errors that leads to endangering the quality of dental treatment and to patient dissatisfaction is the way in which the doctor-patient relationship is managed. If a person opts for an aesthetic treatment it is clear that it is facing a low self-esteem, in this case the dentist needing to address the disorder on two coordinates: an objective interpretation involves the sequencing of reconstructing a morphological and functional dentition and and establishing the issues related to patients notion of „beautiful”. At the same time, aesthetic dental treatment is based on the personality of the individual, the age, sex and patient's systemic diseases. The notion of „divine proportion” makes possible to perform „perfect” dental works that integrate the facial and somatic features, whose basic characteristics are symmetry, balance, continuity.

scholarly journals Corpus absconditum: imagens do Oriente e ideologia na representação do corpo feminino na imprensa

2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 700
Author(s):  
Alberto Carlos Augusto Klein ◽  
Dulce Mazer
Keyword(s):  
Female Body ◽  
The Body ◽  
Edward Said ◽  
International Media ◽  
Islamic Tradition ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Religious Aspects

Em 11 de outubro de 2010 foi aprovada na França uma lei que proíbe o uso de vestimentas que cubram integralmente o rosto, impedindo o reconhecimento do indivíduo, o que afetou diretamente o costume islâmico de vestir a burqa ou o niqab. Tal decisão provocou intenso debate na mídia internacional do mesmo modo que suscitou discussões sobre o lugar do corpo na religião e na cultura. A partir do conceito de orientalismo de Edward Said, este trabalho compara duas formas de representação do corpo intensamente mobilizadas pela imprensa ocidental. Assim, este artigo aborda a negação da visibilidade do corpo feminino na cultura islâmica e sua redução a determinados estereótipos em contraste com a superexposição corporal da mulher ocidental. Além dos aspectos culturais e religiosos que distanciam ambas as representações, este trabalho propõe que a intolerância ocidental diante do corpus absconditum advém do valor de visibilidade propagado pela sociedade midiática do Ocidente, particularmente pela imprensa. Palavras-chave: Comunicação; Corpo feminino; Islamismo. Corpus absconditum: images of the East and ideology in the representation of the female body in the press AbstraRAct On October 11, 2010 a law that prohibits the use of clothing that fully cover the face was approved in France, preventing there cognition of the individual, which directly affected the Islamic tradition of wearing the burqa or niqab. This decision provoked intense debate in the international media the same way that triggered discussions about the place and role of the body in religion and culture. Inspired by the concept of orientalism of Edward Said, this paper compares two ways of representing the body highlighted by western press. Thus, this article discusses the denial of the visibility of the female body in Islamic culture and its reduction to certain stereotypes in contrast to the body overexposure of western women. Besides the cultural and religious aspects that set both kinds of representation apart, this study suggests that the western intolerance of the corpus absconditum derives as well from the visibility value propagated by the media society of the West, particularly by the press. Keywords: Communication; Female body; Islam.

scholarly journals Thoughts on the Ageing Body

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Ghillani
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Older People ◽  
Active Role ◽  
The Body ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Artificial Image ◽  
The Media ◽  
Ageing Body ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Positive Representations

AbstractRecent studies have taken into account the fact that the lives of older people have changed drastically in the past fifty years. Older people today engage more with society and are also expected to maintain an active role in their communities. In order to maintain a positive social status, todays older adults need both to challenge negative stereotypes and also to achieve the “unachievable” positive representations in the media. Society plays a complex game of bodily images: the artificial image of the human body in the media, the image that individuals try to project, and the image that society reflects back to the individual. When the three don’t coincide, the collision creates a distancing effect. To truly understand the lived experiences of older adults in contemporary society we must explore the changing perceptions of the body. This review will illustrate the arguments both classical and contemporary through an exploration of the ageing female body, which remains the focus of most of the literature.

scholarly journals El cuerpo desde una subjetividad de progreso en la ‘nueva’ época antropocena

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 97-114
Author(s):  
Ricardo Iglesias García
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
The Body ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Social Body ◽  
Current Implementation ◽  
The Face ◽  
Nuevas Tecnologías ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Body

La evolución del concepto de cuerpo individual/cuerpo social, específicamente desde la modernidad, la industrialización y la actual implementación de las tecnologías nos conduce hacia una visión del sujeto humano en un continuo proceso de progreso ‘egoísta’, con sus correspondientes repercusiones en la totalidad del ecosistema terrestre. Según algunos científicos es necesario plantearnos la posibilidad de unanueva época geología: el antropoceno. La idea del cuerpo autómata persiste en nuestro imaginario occidental. Es notable, además, que el cuerpo se proponga como máquina y no como forma natural, cuestión que no dejará de traer consecuencias al momento de ejercer actividades con/sobre el cuerpo y sobre su espacio vital. Las nuevas tecnologías ofrecen la posibilidad de superar los límites impuestos por nuestra herencia biológica en una especie de deseo explícito de no aceptar nuestro pasado, ni nuestro origen natural-orgánico, frente a una automejora y modificación en un sistema de progreso ad infinitum. En este sentido, una serie importante de pensadores, científicos y artistas han generado relecturas el cuerpo como algo completamente obsoleto, como una cáscara vacía que debe ser abandonada paratecnológicamente dar paso al siguiente nivel en la evolución humana: el Techno Sapiens o el Cyborg. Seaboga para que el objeto de estudio de la antropología pase del ser humano al cyborg, considerado éste como un representante más idóneo de nuestro presente y, sobre todo, de nuestro futuro. Paralelamente en la esfera del arte aparecen figuras que buscan representar esta tecnoevolución como Stelar, Marcel·lí Antúnez, o Carlos Corpa, entre otros. The evolution of the concept of the individual body / social body, specifically from modernity, industrialization and the current implementation of technologies, leads us to a vision of the human subject in a continuum of ‘egotistic’ progress as well as its corresponding repercussions in the totality of its natural environment. According to some scientific, it is necessary to consider the possibility of a new geology era:the Anthropocene. The idea of the automaton body persists in our Western imaginary. It is also remarkable that the body is proposed as a machine and not as a natural object, an issue not without consequences, when exercising activities with / on the body and on its vital space. The new technologies offer the possibility of overcoming the limits imposed by our biological inheritance in a sort of explicit desire to accept neither our past, nor our natural-organic origin, in the face of self-improvement and modification in a system of progress Ad infinitum. In this sense, an important series of thinkers, scientists and artists have produced new approaches of the body as something completely obsolete, as an empty shell that must be abandoned to technologically give way to the next level in the human evolution: the Techno Sapiens or the Cyborg. It calls for the object of study of anthropology goes from human being to cyborg, considered as a more suitable representative of our present, and above all, of our future, with all its positive and negative consequences. At the same time in the realm of art, some figures who want to represent this techno-evolution have appeared such as Stelar, Marcel·lí Antúnez, Carlos Corpa, among others.

„Die letzte Visite“: Leichenschau im Notarztdienst

2020 ◽  
Vol 145 (05) ◽  
pp. 327-335
Author(s):  
Benjamin Ondruschka ◽  
Claas Buschmann
Keyword(s):  
Body Surface ◽  
The Body ◽  
Rigor Mortis ◽  
Manner Of Death ◽  
Death Scene ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Unconscious Patients ◽  
Death Cases ◽  
Emergency Doctors

AbstractThe declaration and investigation of death cases is a non-delegable task of medical doctors and should be mastered in the same quality as all examinations on living patients. A person is death when at least one sign of death is established (livores mortis, rigor mortis, putrefaction, injuries incompatible with life, brain death). In all other cases of unconscious patients a sufficient cardiopulmonary resuscitation should be started.If the person is declared death, an external post mortem examination has to be realized as soon as possible. Emergency doctors should be informed about the regional juridical features. The investigation of the death scene scenario, potentially known pre-existing disorders of the patients as well as medical records should be added to the findings of the body surface to conclude the most plausible cause and manner of death of the corpse. Doctors must be alarmed, when petechial bleedings are established at the face or the conjunctives, raising the suspicion of strangling forces to the neck.Internal causes of death are often invisible from the body surface, resulting in difficulties to declare the cause of death of the individual by external’s only. Injuries are most often visible and could be a hint of a crime scene scenario or external harm.

scholarly journals Aesthetic product advertisements on the construction of woman body as a consumption object: An example of Cosmopolitan MagazineTüketim nesnesi olarak kadın bedenin inşasında estetik ürün reklamları: Cosmopolitan Dergisi örneği

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 1131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elif Eşiyok Sönmez
Keyword(s):  
Skin Aging ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
Body Construction ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Aesthetic

<p>Recently, one of the prominent subjects is the consumption for the body, its promotion and the result where the body becomes the subject of the consumption. Thus, the construction of the body as a consumption object and its permanent re-construction became a never ending ‘project’. There is no doubt such commodification and promotion become public through the media. Inevitably, such attention brings the researches on body policies in academic field. However, there is a serious shortage in Turkey on this kind of academic researches. This study was designed to contribute to the knowledge in the academic field. The basic aim of the research is to examine the structure of the nature of the body construction in the advertisements of the aesthetic products in Turkey. Therefore, the Cosmopolitan Magazine that is the women magazine to sold most in Turkey. The advertisements in the magazine in 2013 were scanned and 65 aesthetic product advertisements were found. These advertisements were analysed for their content with reference to the research questions. In the analysis, the matters like frequency of the advertisements in the magazine according to the months, distribution of the advertisements according to the body parts, negative and positive expressions in the advertisements on the appearance of the body, the images to be used in advertisements, the messages to be given for the use of the products and the slogans in the advertisements are considered. The analyses indicated that the aesthetic product advertisements are mostly published in February, March, April and June prior to the summer, the face is the part which aesthetic product advertisements mostly promoted, the younger and perfect appearance is given as the positive characteristics unlike other such as tired skin, aging skin and wrinkles on the skin. In order to be relied by the reader in the advertisements, the test results of the product and possible outcome after use are seen as to be included.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Özet</strong></p><p>Son yıllarda artarak ilgi odağı olan konulardan biri de beden için yapılan tüketim, bu tüketimin teşviki ve bunun sonucunda bedenin bir tüketim nesnesi haline gelmesidir. Öyle ki, bedenin tüketim nesnesi olarak inşası ve sürekli olarak yeniden yapılandırılması bitmeyen bir ‘proje’ haline getirilmiştir. Şüphesiz bu tür nesneleştirme ve promosyon çeşitli iletişim medyasından geçerek yaygınlaştırılmaktadır. Bunların bir sonucu olarak, bu tür ilgi akademik alanda da beden politikaları ile ilgili araştırmaların yapılmasını beraberinde getirmiştir. Fakat Türkiye’de bu bağlamda ciddi bir araştırma eksiklikliği bulunmaktadır. Bu araştırma bu eksikliğin ortaya çıkardığı akademik bilme gereksinimine katkıda bulunmak için tasarlandı. Araştırmanın temel amacı, Türkiye’de bedene ilişkin inşaların estetik ürün reklamlarında yapılandırılmasının doğasını inceleyerek var olan bilgiye katkıda bulunmaktır. Bu amaçla, Türkiye’de en fazla tirajı olan kadın dergisi Cosmopolitan inceleme için seçildi. Derginin bir yıllık reklamları tarandı ve 65 estetik ürün reklamı bulundu. Bu reklamların, araştırma sorularında belirtilen amaca uygun olarak,  içerik analizi yapıldı. Analizde, aylara göre reklamların dergideki yayın sıklıkları, beden bölgesine göre ürün reklamlarının dağılımları, bedenin görünüşüne ilişkin reklamlarda yer alan olumlu ve olumsuz ifadeler, reklamlarda kullanılan imajlar, ilgili ürünlerin kullanımının teşvik edilmesi için verilen mesajlar, ürün reklamlarında kullanılan sloganlar ele alındı. Yapılan analizde, estetik ürün reklamlarının en fazla Şubat, Mart, Nisan ve Haziran aylarında yaz dönemine girme öncesi yayınlandığı, estetik ürün reklamlarında en fazla yüz bölgesine odaklanıldığı, dış görünüşe ilişkin olarak genç ve kusuruz görünümün olumlu özellikler olarak verildiği, olumsuz özelliklerin ise çoğunlukla yorgun cilt, yaşlı görünüm ve kırışık cilt olduğu bulundu. Reklamlarda okuyucuda ürün kullanımına ilişkin güven sağlanması için, ürün kullanımı ile ilgili test sonuçları ve kullanım sonucunda meydana gelecek olası etkilere yer verildiği görüldü.</p>

The Ethics of Seeking Body Perfection, with Continual Reference to Heidi Montag

2014 ◽  
pp. 67-95
Author(s):  
Brett Lunceford
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Surgery ◽  
Cosmetic Surgery ◽  
The Body ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Individual

In an increasingly visual society, beauty may seem only skin deep. This chapter considers the ethics of cosmetic surgery through the lens of posthumanism, a stance that suggests that defects of the body can be overcome through technology. Cosmetic surgery, with its reliance on prostheses and promise of reshaping the body, is, at its heart, a posthuman enterprise. Although many have engaged in cosmetic surgery, actress Heidi Montag became an exemplar of reshaping the body by undergoing ten different plastic surgery procedures in one day. Using Montag as foil, this chapter examines four ethical dimensions of cosmetic surgery: the ethics of the medical professionals who perform and advertise these procedures, the ethics of the individual making the decision, the ethics of the media structures that promote a homogenous ideal of beauty, and the ethics of those who tacitly approve of such procedures.

scholarly journals A SAÚDE COMO PRETEXTO PARA QUEM QUER SER DESEJADO SEXUALMENTE: um estudo etnográfico em perspectiva midiática

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 152-170
Author(s):  
Jeferson Bertolini
Keyword(s):  
Participant Observation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Body ◽  
Santa Catarina ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Health And Well Being

Este artigo apresenta resultados de estudo sobre a relação entre saúde, tema em voga na TV brasileira, e sexo. Por meio de observação participante com clientes de supermercado e alunos de academia de ginástica de Santa Catarina, descobriu-se que a saúde pode ser pretexto para quem, no fundo, quer ser desejado/a sexualmente; apurou-se ainda que a vontade de ser desejado/a sexualmente é mantida em segredo porque o sexo ainda é influenciado por tabus. O manuscrito conclui (a) que diante do atual boom midiático sobre saúde e bem-estar, a saúde pode ser pretexto para quem, no fundo, quer ser desejado sexualmente; e (b) o cuidado sem precedentes com o corpo estimulado pela mídia torna os cidadãos alvos do biopoder.   PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Televisão. Saúde. Sexo.     ABSTRACT This article presents study results on the relationship between health, theme in vogue in Brazilian TV, and sex. Through participant observation with supermarket clients and students of the gymnastics academy of Santa Catarina, it was discovered that health can be a pretext for those who, deep down, want to be sexually desired; it was also found that the desire to be sexually desired is kept secret because sex is still influenced by taboos. The manuscript concludes (a) that in the face of the current media boom on health and well-being, health may be a pretext for those who, at bottom, want to be sexually desired; and (b) unprecedented care with the body stimulated by the media makes citizens the targets of biopower.   KEYWORDS: TV. Health. Sex. TV.     RESUMEN Este artículo presenta resultados de estudio sobre la relación entre salud, tema en boga en la TV brasileña, y el sexo. Por medio de observación participante con clientes de supermercado y alumnos de academia de gimnasia de Santa Catarina, se descubrió que la salud puede ser pretexto para quien, en el fondo, quiere ser deseado/a sexualmente; se ha comprobado que la voluntad de ser deseado/a sexualmente se mantiene en secreto porque el sexo sigue siendo influenciado por tabúes. El manuscrito concluye (a) que ante el actual boom mediático sobre salud y bienestar, la salud puede ser pretexto para quien, en el fondo, quiere ser deseado sexualmente; y (b) el cuidado sin precedentes con el cuerpo estimulado por los medios hace que los ciudadanos blancos del biopoder.   PALABRAS-CLAVE: Televisión. Salud. Sexo  

scholarly journals Perception and expectation. What do patients really want from the dental treatment?

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-248
Author(s):  
Adriana Cristina ZAVANELLI ◽  
Mariana Vilela SÔNEGO ◽  
Ricardo Alexandre ZAVANELLI ◽  
José Vitor Quinelli MAZARO ◽  
Rosse Mary FALCÓN-ANTENUCCI
Keyword(s):  
Dental Treatment ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Tooth Whitening ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Dental Esthetics ◽  
Dental Aesthetics ◽  
The Face ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Dental Appearance

ABSTRACT Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the subjective aspects related to the perception of dental appearance and expectations of patients who receive dental treatment in graduation clinics of the Araçatuba Dental School. Methods It was evaluated 362 patients of both gender aged over 18. The questionnaire included questions of demographic data, questions to assess facial and dental aesthetics, dental satisfaction and treatments considering patients notion to improve dental esthetics. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics and the chi-square test. Results The factor teeth for facial analysis and factor positioning in the arch for smile analysis were considered the most important subjects regarding the esthetic according to the respondents. 67.5% of patients were dissatisfied with the appearance of their teeth, and dissatisfaction with the color was the most important factor (66.8%). The treatment most desired was tooth whitening and 85.0% of patients said yes to it. Conclusion Respondents place great value on the teeth on the face appearance, and it can be seen that aesthetic treatments are highly valued in all age groups. There is a need for treatments to restore the function, but treatments to improve dental appearance were the most requested.

scholarly journals III. A further minute analysis by electric stimulation of the so-called motor region (facial area) of the cortex cerebri in the monkey ( Macacus sinicus )

1893 ◽  
Vol 53 (321-325) ◽  
pp. 463-463
Keyword(s):  
Electric Stimulation ◽  
The Body ◽  
Lower Lip ◽  
Bonnet Monkey ◽  
The Face ◽  
Cortex Cerebri ◽  
Facial Area ◽  
Motor Region ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Stimulation Of

In the paper of which this is an abstract the authors have completed the minute analysis of the movements elicited by excitation of the excitable (so-called motor) region of the cortex cerebri in the Bonnet Monkey ( Macacus sinicus ). The portions hitherto examined haying been those in which the movements of the limbs were represented, the facial area was chosen for the present research. After an historical introduction and a description of the anatomy of the region investigated, the method of notation and record of results is discussed. Considering that in this part of the cortex cerebri there is well-defined representation of movements of both sides of the body, the question of bilaterality of representation is raised, and attention directed to its importance. The analysis of the results obtained showed that there existed precise localisation for the movements of the individual portions of the face, even to that of half the lower lip.

The Ethics of Seeking Body Perfection, with Continual Reference to Heidi Montag

2015 ◽  
pp. 2083-2111
Author(s):  
Brett Lunceford
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Surgery ◽  
Cosmetic Surgery ◽  
The Body ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Individual

In an increasingly visual society, beauty may seem only skin deep. This chapter considers the ethics of cosmetic surgery through the lens of posthumanism, a stance that suggests that defects of the body can be overcome through technology. Cosmetic surgery, with its reliance on prostheses and promise of reshaping the body, is, at its heart, a posthuman enterprise. Although many have engaged in cosmetic surgery, actress Heidi Montag became an exemplar of reshaping the body by undergoing ten different plastic surgery procedures in one day. Using Montag as foil, this chapter examines four ethical dimensions of cosmetic surgery: the ethics of the medical professionals who perform and advertise these procedures, the ethics of the individual making the decision, the ethics of the media structures that promote a homogenous ideal of beauty, and the ethics of those who tacitly approve of such procedures.

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