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This three day program has been designed by Drs. Mahan, Larkin, Dolwick and Gremillion to provide participants the opportunity to perform an in-depth dissection of the head and neck. Each laboratory session will be preceded by a lecture and discussion and will conclude with a clinical summary. Program emphasis will be on osteology, the oral cavity, the nasal cavity, the digastric triangle, and the temporomandibular joint. The oral cavity will be dissected to demonstrate the relationship of blood vessels, nerves, glands, ducts, and muscle attachments to the performance of dental procedures. Participants will work in two-member teams, each dissecting half a provided cadaver head.

Superficial structures of the face will be dissected to provide access to the mandibular muscles and the ramus. The deeper structures will then be dissected, with major emphasis on the temporomandibular joint. Participants will review a videotape of this procedure prior to actual dissection.