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Methods: This retrospective study included 25 unilateral CLP patients, 20 bilateral CLP patients, and 25 healthy controls. Maxillary sinus, nasal cavity, and nasolacrimal duct volumes were measured on cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images using an artificial intelligence-assisted segmentation method. Total volume differences among groups were analyzed using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) adjusted for age and sex. Side-based comparisons were performed using linear mixed-effects models. Benjamini\u2013Hochberg correction was applied for multiple comparisons. Results: The control group exhibited greater maxillary sinus, nasal cavity, and nasolacrimal duct volumes than the CLP groups. ANCOVA demonstrated nominally significant group differences for the maxillary sinus (p = 0.008), nasal cavity (p = 0.034), and nasolacrimal duct (p = 0.023); however, these differences were no longer significant after Benjamini\u2013Hochberg correction (q &gt; 0.05). Pairwise comparisons showed greater maxillary sinus volumes in controls than in the unilateral (p = 0.037) and bilateral CLP groups (p = 0.007), and greater nasal cavity volumes than in the unilateral (p = 0.049) and bilateral CLP groups (p = 0.045). Nasolacrimal duct volume differed only between the bilateral CLP and control groups (p = 0.021). No significant volumetric differences were found between unilateral and bilateral CLP groups. Conclusions: Although individuals with CLP showed a trend toward reduced maxillary sinus, nasal cavity, and nasolacrimal duct volumes, the total-volume differences did not remain significant after correction for multiple comparisons; reductions relative to the control sides persisted after correction only for the maxillary sinus and the nasolacrimal duct in the side-based analysis. No significant differences were observed between unilateral and bilateral CLP or between the two sides within any group.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm15176680","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,31]],"date-time":"2026-08-31T09:21:19Z","timestamp":1788168079000},"page":"6680","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Artificial Intelligence-Assisted CBCT Evaluation of Maxillary Sinus, Nasal Cavity, and Nasolacrimal Duct Volumes in Unilateral and Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Patients"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-1708-0712","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"An\u0131l","family":"Demirel","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, \u0130n\u00f6n\u00fc University, Malatya 44280, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"conceptualization","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"methodology","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"validation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"investigation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-review-editing","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6040-3790","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"F\u0131rat","family":"O\u011fuz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, \u0130n\u00f6n\u00fc University, Malatya 44280, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"conceptualization","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"data-curation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"investigation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-review-editing","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"given":"Handan G\u00f6ze","family":"O\u011fuz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Private Clinic, Malatya 44280, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"investigation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"data-curation","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5463-0057","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sabahattin","family":"Bor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, \u0130n\u00f6n\u00fc University, Malatya 44280, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"investigation","vocabulary":"credit"},{"role":"writing-review-editing","vocabulary":"credit"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-6911-6962","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hamzahan","family":"Solak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, \u0130n\u00f6n\u00fc University, Malatya 44280, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"},{"role":"data-curation","vocabulary":"credit"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"254","DOI":"10.1016\/j.bjps.2024.04.033","article-title":"Design and fabrication of silicone cleft lip simulation model for personalized surgical training","volume":"93","author":"Chen","year":"2024","journal-title":"J. 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