Treatment of resistant Candida albicans in oral lichen planus patients with low power laser

Candida in Oral Lichen Planus

Introduction: Lichen planus is a human exclusive, chronic inflammatory disease affecting skin and mucosa, particularly oral mucosa affecting the stratified squamous epithelia. Epithelial alterations in oral lichen planus (OLP) may lead to superimposed Candida infection, especially the normal flora Candida albicans. Therefore, this study was designed to assess the prevalence of Candida infection...

Comparative evaluation of low-level laser and CO₂ laser in treatment of patients with oral lichen planus.

A comparative evaluation of low-level laser and CO(2) laser therapies was performed, for the treatment of oral lichen planus (OLP). In a randomized open clinical trial, 28 patients with 57 lesions were randomly assigned to two groups. One group received CO(2) laser therapy, the other received low-level laser therapy (LLLT) for 5 sessions every other day. Participants were examined before the tr...

Treatment of oral lichen planus with betamethasone.

Oral lesions in patients with lichen planus.

Forty patients with lichen planus admitted to University Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital in Zagreb during the 2004-2006 period were assigned to this retrospective study. In these 40 patients (27 female and 13 male), lichen planus was diagnosed on the basis of clinical presentation, laboratory findings and histopathologic analysis. The results ob...

Comparison of Low-Level Laser Therapy versus Ozone Therapy in the Treatment of Oral Lichen Planus.

BACKGROUND The treatment options for oral lichen planus (OLP) are numerous and include topical and systemic agents. Intralesional and systemic corticosteroids are used; however, the therapeutic results are often disappointing. OBJECTIVE To compare the influence of ozone, laser, and topical corticosteroid therapies in the treatment of OLP. METHODS One hundred twenty adult patients with ≤3 cm...

Prevalence of Candida Species in Erosive Oral Lichen Planus

BACKGROUND AND AIMS The clinical management of oral lichen planus poses considerable difficulties to the clinician. In recent years, researchers have focused on the presence of pathogenic microorganisms such as Candida albicans in the patients with refractory lichen planus. The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of candida species in the erosive oral lichen planus lesion...