Participants
maxillary alveolar cleft, palatal fistulae, alveolar cleft
SYNDROMES
The study included 36 patients with a unilateral maxillary alveolar cleft. The inclusion criteria were as follows: age ranged between 8 and 12 years, with good oral hygiene and general good health. Exclusion criteria were patients with syndromes associated with an alveolar cleft, local pathosis at the maxilla that may interfere with surgery, previous grafting attempts, or palatal fistulae.The patients were randomly categorized to one of two parallel groups (1 : 1) based on the graft used as the intervention group (patients received iliac bone graft mixed with BMAC) and the control group (patients received iliac bone graft only). The outcome assessor and data analyzer were blinded to the allocation.All patients were exposed to a carful clinical and orthodontic preoperative evaluation was performed. The radiographic assessment with cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) (Planmeca Promax 3D classic, Planmeca, Finland) was carried out to measure the volume of the defect preoperatively.