EFFECTIVE OF ALVEOLAR CLEFT VOLUME ESTIMATION BY MIMICS SOFTWARE BASED ON CBCT DATA

Bùi Hoàng Minh1,, Lâm Hoài Phương1, Hồ Nguyễn Thanh Chơn1, Hồ Đắc Chiến2
1 University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City
2 Hong Bang International University

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Abstract

Preoperative evaluation of alveolar cleft is an essential and important stage for success in alveolar cleft bone graft surgery. This study proposes a semi-automatic method of assessing alveolar cleft volume based on CBCT data with the support of Mimics 21 - Materialise software. There were 18 patients with unilateral alveolar cleft with the mean age of 14.11 ± 5.29 having CBCT and measuring the volume of alveolar cleft twice 4 weeks apart by one researcher. No statistically significant difference was seen between the two sets of measurements. The average time spent on each measurement was 9.75 ± 1.06 minutes. The mean volume of alveolar cleft was 0.903 ± 0.222 cm3. This study demonstrates that the presented alveolar cleft volume assessment method is a fast, effective and practical method for the clinician.

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