Correlation Of Clinical Severity Of Oral Lichen Planus With Treatment Prognosis - A Retrospective Institution Based Study

Lichen planus is an immunologically mediated mucocutaneous disease that is triggered by varied aetiological agents. Lichen planus shows many clinical features affecting skin, oral cavity, genital organ, nail and scalp. Lichen planus has well documented clinical findings and histological findings that aid in diagnosis.The objective of this retrospective study was to assess the clinical severity of oral Lichen Planus (OLP) with the treatment prognosis of the patients visiting Saveetha dental College and hospital. In the present study a total of 60 clinically diagnosed Lichen planus patients were included. Clinical and treatment details were recorded. All the collected data were analysed by appropriate statistics using SPSS software. The results revealed 60% of the cases to be females with 58.3% accounting for erosive type of lichen planus. 60% had involvement of bilateral buccal mucosa. Erosive variant showed 8 months duration of treatment using systemic steroids. Within the limitations of the study we can conclude thatfemales are more commonly affected than males with erosive lichen planus being the most common variant which has shown maximum treatment duration using systemic steroids. Follow up is advocated for these patients.