title: General principles of healing pertinent to the periodontal problem.
abstract: The healing process involves a series of coordinated procedures initiated by injury and directed toward restoring structural and functional integrity of the disrupted tissues. Wound healing begins immediately after tissue injury occurs and requires close control of degenerative and regenerative processes, which involve numerous cell types and complex interactions between multiple biochemical cascades.
authors.affiliation: Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, UCLA School of Dentistry.
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Messadi
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Bertolami
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010519:Periodontium / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014945:Wound Healing