Figure 1

Gingival architecture is re-established 14 days post gingivectomy. Gingivectomy was performed in rats. (A) Histological sections of gingiva from rats at 1, 3, 7, and 14 days post-wounding and unwounded gingiva (day 0) were stained using Masson’s trichrome. The images were taken at 20x magnification and stitched together for each tissue. Wound edge is denoted by white arrowhead. Scale bar, 50 μm.