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Figure 9: Palatal view of a human skull with an untreated unilateral cleft of alveolus and palate (Dept. of Anatomy and Embryology, Amsterdam MC). The maxillary segment on the cleft side demonstrates a medial collapse and a retropostion (different position of tuber maxillae on both sides); deviation in lateral direction of premaxilla/maxilla on non-cleft side; septo-vomeral deviation.