title: Does smoking affect the survival of miniplates in the oral and maxillofacial region?
authors.forename: Vyomesh
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bhatt
authors.forename: Purnima
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chhabra
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Dover
mesh_terms: D001860:Bone Plates; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012907:Smoking / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014025:Titanium
chemical_list: D014025:Titanium