Table 4.

Bone quantity results

		Alonso et al. [25] a	Dickinson et al. [26]	Herford et al. [27]
Bone volume	rhBMP2 group	74.4%	95%	71.1%
	Control group	80.2%	63%	78.1%
Bone height	rhBMP2 group	10.2 mm (non-cleft side, 15.7 mm)	85% (vs. roots of adjacent teeth)b
	Control group	13.9 mm (non-cleft side, 16.1 mm)	70% (vs. roots of adjacent teeth) b

^aResults given for Alonso et al. [25] are those of the CT scans performed at 12 months postoperatively

^bDickinson et al. [26] presented bone height on a scale from 0–4, 0 representing 0%; one, 25%; two, 50%; three, 75% and four, 100% bone height; the average score on this scale in the article was converted to a percentage for this table