Hands on Course: Head & Neck Anatomy and Dissection With Dr. Charles Slonecker - 9:00 am – 4:00 pm University of British Columbia 6 CE credits to be issued, course to run from 9am to 4 pm, with one hour lunch. Participants to be directed to eateries around campus. Includes: Return transportation from the Sutton Place Hotel. Cost: $ 300.00 Per Person – Maximum 20 Participants Cancellation Policy: Cancellation of your Registration 90 Days or less from the Annual Scientific Meeting will result in a 50% Refund. 30 Days or less and no Refund will apply.

Course Introduction:
by Charles E. Slonecker, DDS,Ph.D.
Prof. Em. Anatomy

The Value of a Review of Head & Neck Anatomy for Dental Practitioners

The major value of Anatomy and its sister basic sciences, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pathology, Pharmacology, Medical Microbiology and Medical Genetics is learning the language that forms the basis for Dentistry and Medicine. It is said that the first and second year students learn 25,000 new terms in their dental education. This is equivalent to fluently learning 3 foreign languages. The relationships of anatomical structures and their physiological activities are frequently forgotten as one enters their clinical training and professional careers.

Learning the anatomical relationships of body structures is introduced in the lecture theatre but confirmed in the dissection laboratory. Learning these structural relationships usually requires a laborious dissection commitment where most of the learning time is devoted to removing skin, fascia, fat and connective tissues in order to expose and learn the structural elements that have been emphasized in the lectures. A postgraduate review of Anatomy almost always reveals to the resident student or the practicing dentist how much anatomical information they have stored in their less than readily inaccessible subconscious memory. A concise and visually focused review of important anatomical structures and their 3-dimentional relationships in the body gives one a sense of confidence that they do know a great deal more anatomy than they think they know.

Our review course in Head and Neck Anatomy is designed to give you a one day review of the structures that are important to today's practicing dentists. A series of lectures on the structure and function of hard and soft tissues. nerves, organs and fascial spaces will precede an afternoon laboratory session where prosected Head & Neck specimens can be reviewed. My experience in teaching Head & Neck Anatomy to dental students, residents and clinicians over the past 44 years has revealed that clinicians who have thought that they have forgotten much of the anatomical knowledge are pleasantly surprised and rewarded by their sense of knowledge following such a review course. I hope that you will join us in September 2008 and experience this unique opportunity to revisit a lecture and laboratory course in Head & Neck Anatomy.