At the ultrastructural level, regeneration of frozen and thawed human palatal autogenic grafts is almost complete 30 days posttransplantation. A sequential study of the regenerative process, which is effected via the basal cell layer, as well as a description of newly formed structures observed in the tissue are discussed.
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