title: The facial skeleton is a living organ and not wood for carpentry: bone healing as a functional adaptation to mechanical loading: going beyond Wolff's law.
authors.forename: Mutaz B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Habal
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D016723:Bone Remodeling / Q000502:physiology*; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000293:injuries / Q000502:physiology* / Q000601:surgery; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D016268:Internal Fixators; D008670:Metals; D013314:Stress, Mechanical
chemical_list: D008670:Metals