@article{Menceva_Dimitrovski_Popovska_Spasovski_Spirov_Petrusevska_2018, title={Free Gingival Graft versus Mucograft: Histological Evaluation}, volume={6}, url={https://oamjms.eu/index.php/mjms/article/view/oamjms.2018.127}, DOI={10.3889/oamjms.2018.127}, abstractNote={<p><strong>INTRODUCTION:</strong> The correction of the gingival recession is of esthetical and functional significance, but the tissue regeneration can only be confirmed by a histological examination.</p><p><strong>AIM:</strong> This study aims to make a comparison between the free gingival graft and the autograft.</p><p><strong>MATERIAL AND METHODS:</strong> This study included 24 patients with single and multiple gingival recessions. Twelve patients were treated with a free gingival graft and the other twelve with a micrograft. Six months after the surgical procedure, a micro-punch biopsy of the transplantation area was performed. The tissue was histologically evaluated, graded in 4 categories: immature, mature, fragmented and edematous collagen tissue. The elastic fibres were also examined and graded in three categories: with a normal structure, fragmented rare and fragmented multiplied.</p><p><strong>RESULTS:</strong> Regarding the type of collagen tissue that was present, there was a significant difference between the two groups of patients, with a larger number of patients treated with a micrograft showing a presence of mature tissue, compared to the patients treated with a free gingival graft. A larger number of patients in both of the groups displayed elastic fibres with a rare fragmented structure; 33.3% of the patients showed a normal structure; 50% demonstrated a normal structure.</p><strong>CONCLUSION:</strong> The patients treated with a free gingival graft showed a larger presence of fragmented collagen tissue and fragmented elastic fibres, whereas a mature tissue was predominantly present in the surgical area where a Geistlich Mucograft was placed.}, number={4}, journal={Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences}, author={Menceva, Zaklina and Dimitrovski, Oliver and Popovska, Mirjana and Spasovski, Spiro and Spirov, Vancho and Petrusevska, Gordana}, year={2018}, month={Mar.}, pages={675–679} }