Oral lichen planus-a clinicopathological survey
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 17, Issue 2
Abstract
Oral lichen planus is chronic inflammatory disease with different clinical presentations that can be classified as reticular, erosive or atrophic. . Although a number of epidemiological studies have been carried out in the western countries, very little is known about its nature in the Kerala population. Hence a survey was undertaken to assess the epidemiological status of oral lichen planus among 25461 patients attending the Department of OMR ,G..D.C, Trivandrum, by conducting a descriptive study over a period of one year .Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS statistical package. Out of the 25461 patients screened, 180 patients were diagnosed as having oral lichen planus The incidence was found to be 0.71%. The mean age was found to be 44.82. Only 3.9% were under the age group of 20 years. Female predominance was noted with a male to female ratio of 0.42:1. Most common clinical presentation was the reticular type (78.3%), followed by erosive and atrophic (2.2% and 0.6% respectively). 18.9% of patients presented with combination of different types. Buccal mucosa was most commonly affected (85.6%),followed by tongue(43.9%) ,labial mucosa and gingiva. Majority of the patients (67.8%) had noticed burning sensation always. Dysplasia was noted in 3 patients
Authors and Affiliations
K. L. Girija1, Anita Balan, ,C. Tinky Bose, Sivakumar R, Sunu Ramachandran, Arya S Nalin 6
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