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The secondary aim is to determine the patient and professional evaluation of color match and graft texture between the two groups.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Patients with \u22642\u00a0mm keratinized tissue indicated for a FSTA were randomly assigned to control group (FSTA with epithelium) or test group (de\u2010epithelialized FSTA). The vertical and horizontal measurements of the grafts were taken at surgery, and 1, 3, and 6 months postoperatively. Patients were asked to evaluate the color match at each postoperative time point on a 21\u2010step Numeric Rating Scale (NRS\u201021). Professional assessment of color match and graft texture were evaluated on images at the same time points.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Forty\u2010six patients and 55 grafts were included in the study. For change in graft height, width, and area, there were no significant differences between the treatment groups at any time point. Graft height and area in both groups decreased significantly from baseline to month 1 (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a0.001), but no other difference was significant over time. When patients and professionals used the NRS\u201021 for evaluation of color match between the graft site and the surrounding soft tissue, there was no significant difference between the treatment groups. 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