Figure 1.

a–d. Histopathological characteristics of buccal mucosa. (a): Graft harvested from inner check showing stratified squamous epithelium (blue arrow) (10× magnification). (b): Black arrow showing minor salivary glands in cases of inner check graft under 40× magnification (black arrow). (c): Integrated buccal mucosal graft showing lymphocytic infiltration (red arrow) (10× magnification). (d): Under 40× magnification, these integrated graft showing maintained epithelial characteristics (black arrow) with submucosal fibrosis (yellow arrow)