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I meetings _ anatomy weekend _Refreshing one’s knowledge and receiving up- dates at the same time—the clear structure of DGZI (German Association of Dental Implantology) “Anatomy” curriculum has made it a long-standing favourite. Including an insightful theoretical intro- duction,animpressivedemonstrationincludingalive video broadcast from the dissection room, and pa- tient-sidepracticeonhumanspecimens,thisweekend course (October 8 and 9 in Dresden) was once again a success. In addition, the number of international par- ticipantscontinuestorise—thisyearonequarterofthe 40 participants came from abroad. A special pre- course-program started already on Thursday. Prof Dr Mazen Tamimi reported about the advantages of a modern navigation system. A hands-on-course and dinner sponsored by Schütz Impla Dental completed the program on Thursday. A specially designed DGZI course module for anatomy has been a permanent feature of the Im- plantologycurriculumforadecade.Followingitssuc- cess in recent years, colleagues for whom it has been some time since they passed their state examination orimplantologicalexams,mayhaverealisedthatthey are no longer able to recall the enormous amount knowledge required, and could benefit from this up- to-date weekend course—a two-day professional trainingcoursetorefreshtheiranatomicalknowledge. Thus,manyparticipantsand“guestauditors“tookpart in the Implantology curriculum in Dresden. The con- tributions of anatomist Dr med habil Wolfgang Schwab of TU Dresden, oral biologist and anatomist ProfDrWernerGötzoftheUniversityofBonn,dissec- tion assistant Ute Nimtschke, implantologists Dr RainerValentinandDrRolfVollmer,andoralsurgeons Dr Martina Vollmer and Dr Uta Voigt meant that the course was in competent hands, and ensured that fromthebeginningthedifferentperspectivesofvari- ous disciplines were considered. The first day of the course was dedicated to a thorough introduction to the anatomy of the skull, including an exact demon- strationofthesupplyfornervesandbloodvesselsand theanatomyofbones,tongue,throatandlarynx.Inor- dertoexplaintheparticularsurgicalbasics,thespeak- ersdemonstratedtheproceduresusedforautologous and xenogenous augmentation as well as those for bone spreading. Various augmentation methods and techniques, e.g. the extraction of bone from different locations, were explained in detail on the course. The highlightofthedaywastheapplicationbyDrmedha- bil Schwab and Prof Dr Götz of theoretical knowledge toanactualanatomicalspecimen.Courtesyofcertain modern technology, including a live video broadcast from the dissection room, the participants could ask TheAnatomyWeekend is also in great international demand Author_Dr Christian Ehrensberger, Germany 42 I implants4_2010