ABSTRACT
The skull is the most distinct and complex array of bones in the craniofacial region. Divided into the cranial bones and the facial bones, the bones of the skull come with different shapes and functions and thus are expected to exhibit different mechanical properties. Studies done to test these mechanical properties are usually limited to cadaveric samples and are subjected to individual variations. Additionally, when analyzing the mechanical data for bones, it is also important to note that the mechanical properties in bone vary greatly at the hierarchical level and are very much dependent on whether the testing is performed at the macroscale, microscale, or nanoscale level.1 As such, there is then not one value that will simplify the mechanical properties of bone, but rather, ranges of values that describe the mechanical response of bone under different testing circumstances.
