CMF	Craniomaxillofacial
OMFS	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
rhBMP-2	Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2
MSC	Mesenchymal Stem Cell
LINC	Linker of Nucleoskeleton and Cytoskeleton
SUN	Sad1 and UNC-84
KASH	Klarsicht, ANC-1, Syne homology
NPC	Nuclear Pore Complex
YES	Yes-associated protein
PDZ	PSD95, DlgA and zonula occludens-1 protein
TAZ	Transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif
TEAD	TEA domain
RUNX2	Runt-related transcription factor 2
Sp7	Osterix
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
NAR	Nuclear Aspect Ratio
FEA	Finite Element Analysis
PEEK	Polyetheretherketone
PCL	Polycaprolactone
RIF	Rigid Internal Fixation
AO	Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Osteosynthesefragen
MMP	Matrix metalloproteinases