The patients with unilateral and bilateral cleft lip and palate received alveolar bone graft surgery. Two time points of cone beam CT were taken for all the patients: post-operative 6 months, and post-operative 2 years. All the CT images were reviewed for the analysis of grafted bone density.
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mean calibrated bone mineral density (BMD/pogonion density, BMDc)
Timeframe: 1st BMD at post-operative 6 months
mean calibrated bone mineral density (BMD/pogonion density, BMDc)
Timeframe: 2nd BMD at post-operative 2 years