title: Facial fractures and bone healing in the geriatric patient.
abstract: A discussion of the biology of bone healing serves as the basis for a review of the clinical management of maxillofacial skeletal injury in the geriatric patient. Age-related changes in the facial skeleton and fractures of the edentulous mandible are described in detail.
authors.affiliation: Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Costantino
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D005544:Forecasting; D005592:Fracture Fixation; D006801:Humans; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D012106:Research; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*