Betamethasone Oral Mini-Pulse Therapy in the Treatment of Lichen Planus

Treatment of oral lichen planus with betamethasone.

Adverse outcome of methotrexate and mini pulse betamethasone in the treatment of lichen planus.

The objectives of this study were to compare the adverse outcome of methotrexate and mini pulse betamethasone therapy in the treatment of lichen planus. It was a clinical trial conducted in the department of Dermatology and Venereology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, from January 2009 to December 2010. Forty four patients of lichen planus were included in the study. Patient...

Efficacy of steroid oral mini-pulse therapy in lichen planus: an open trial in 35 patients.

Photodynamic Therapy in Treatment of Oral Lichen Planus

Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a relatively common chronic immunologic mucocutaneous disorder. Although there are many presenting treatments, some of them proved its failure. Recently, the use of photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been expanding due to its numerous advantages, as it is safe, convenient, and non-invasive and has toxic effect towards selective tissues. This article provides comprehensiv...

Steroid Therapy in Oral Lichen Planus

Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by cellular-mediated inflammatory reactions which render apoptotic epithelial cells and degeneration of the basal epithelial layer. Eighteen volunteering cases of OLP were scheduled, after getting their informed consents, to be reported in this study. All of them were diagnosed histologically. The diagnosis was confirmed v...

Effect of Cedar Honey in the Treatment of Oral Lichen Planus

Introduction:Oral Lichen Planus(OLP)is a chronic mucocutaneus disease with an immunological etiology. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of Cedar honey in treatment of erosive- atrophic OLP.Materials and Methods: Thirty patients with confirmed clinical and histopathologic of OLP participated in a randomized clinical trial in Mashhad Dental School.Patients were randomly allocated in...